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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-19 15:01:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-19 15:01:58 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d289cc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +<html> + <head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" /> + <title>s6-linux-utils - skarnet's tiny Linux-specific utilities</title> + <meta name="Description" content="s6-linux-utils - skarnet's tiny Linux-specific utilities" /> + <meta name="Keywords" content="s6 unix administration root laurent bercot ska skarnet linux utilities tiny linux-specific" /> + <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://skarnet.org/default.css" /> --> + </head> +<body> + +<p> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/software/">Software</a><br /> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/">skarnet.org</a> +</p> + +<h1> s6-linux-utils </h1> + +<h2> What is it ? </h2> + +<p> + s6-linux-utils is a set of minimalistic Linux-specific system utilities. +</p> + +<hr /> + +<h2> Installation </h2> + +<h3> Requirements </h3> + +<ul> + <li> A POSIX-compliant system with a standard C development environment </li> + <li> GNU make, version 3.81 or later </li> + <li> <a href="http://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a> version +2.0.0.0 or later </li> +</ul> + +<h3> Licensing </h3> + +<p> + s6-linux-utils is free software. It is available under the +<a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/ISC">ISC license</a>. +</p> + +<h3> Download </h3> + +<ul> + <li> The current released version of s6-linux-utils is <a href="s6-linux-utils-2.0.0.0.tar.gz">2.0.0.0</a>. </li> + <li> Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the s6-linux-utils git repository: +<pre> git clone git://git.skarnet.org/s6-linux-utils </pre> </li> +</ul> + +<h3> Compilation </h3> + +<ul> + <li> See the enclosed INSTALL file for installation details. </li> +</ul> + +<h3> Upgrade notes </h3> + +<ul> + <li> <a href="upgrade.html">This page</a> lists the differences to be aware of between +the previous versions of s6-linux-utils and the current one. </li> +</ul> + +<hr /> + +<h2> Reference </h2> + +<h3> Commands </h3> + +<p> + All these commands exit 111 if they encounter a temporary error, and +100 if they encounter a permanent error - such as a misuse. +</p> + +<ul> +<li><a href="s6-chroot.html">The <tt>s6-chroot</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-devd.html">The <tt>s6-devd</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-freeramdisk.html">The <tt>s6-freeramdisk</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-halt.html">The <tt>s6-halt</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-hiercopy.html">The <tt>s6-hiercopy</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-hostname.html">The <tt>s6-hostname</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-logwatch.html">The <tt>s6-logwatch</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-mount.html">The <tt>s6-mount</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-pivotchroot.html">The <tt>s6-pivotchroot</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-poweroff.html">The <tt>s6-poweroff</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-ps.html">The <tt>s6-ps</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-reboot.html">The <tt>s6-reboot</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-swapoff.html">The <tt>s6-swapoff</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-swapon.html">The <tt>s6-swapon</tt> program</a></li> +<li><a href="s6-umount.html">The <tt>s6-umount</tt> program</a></li> +</ul> + +<h2> Related resources </h2> + +<ul> + <li> <tt>s6-linux-utils</tt> is discussed on the +<a href="http://skarnet.org/lists.html#skaware">skaware</a> mailing-list. </li> +</ul> + +<h2> Similar work </h2> + +<p> + There are several good projects aiming to provide a minimal userspace +environment for Linux, suitable for embedded systems. Among them, for +instance: +</p> + +<ul> + <li> <a href="http://busybox.net/">BusyBox</a> </li> + <li> <a href="http://landley.net/code/toybox/">toybox</a> </li> +</ul> + +<p> + Most of the time, these projects aim to implement standard commands in a +lightweight way, and +they do it well enough. So, although some standard reimplentation already +exists in s6-linux-utils and its sibling package +<a href="http://skarnet.org/software/s6-portable-utils/">s6-portable-utils</a>, +it is an explicit non-goal of those packages to duplicate the work of those +projects, and no more rewriting of standard commands will occur. +</p> + +</body> +</html> |