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<h1> s6-linux-utils </h1>

<h2> What is it&nbsp;? </h2>

<p>
 s6-linux-utils is a set of minimalistic Linux-specific system utilities.
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<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>

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<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.
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<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>
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<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.
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