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BusyBox is a single executable implementation of the common UNIX utilities that has been optimized for minimal size.

BusyBox: The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux

BusyBox combines limited versions of the UNIX utilities commonly found in the GNU fileutiles, shellutils, etc. packages into one executable that has been optimized for systems with limited resources (such as embedded systems). The BusyBox tools are not as full featured as their GNU counterparts but they provide the bare essentials and necessary functionality.

BusyBox is also very modular so the developer can only include the features and commands that they need.

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how to know if the Linux os i am using has the specific system calls?

I am building a firmware application for a busy box. My application uses all the socket related system calls, but when i run the program, the client is not able to connect to the server even though the server port is open (checked with netstat -nl)…
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Which linux official distribution are less than 100mb?

I need some Linux official distribution that are less than 100mb for pulling images from docker hub server. so far I am familiar with debian and busybox. any more official suggestions?
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trouble with netmask obtained from udhcpd

I'm trying to use udhcpd, a dhcp server in busybox, to obtain IP adress. I'm working on an ARM plateform with a standard linux on it. The dhcp client IP address is ok, according to range setted in the udhcpd.conf file but the netmask is set to…
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Busybox 1.23 proto option not working in ip link command

I try to issue this command on an ARM box with busybox installed: ip link add link eth0 eth0.100 type vlan proto 802.1q id 100 I get an error: argument of "protocol" must be "on" or "off" What am I doing wrong?
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busybox does not display the throughput value at the end of a FTP session?

Why doesn't busybox display the throughput value at the end of a FTP session? Or it is some version specific? I typed the below command but I did not get any throughput status. busybox ftpget -v -u user -p Password ip abc.txt abc.txt Could anybody…
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