BusyBox
BusyBox info
Owner Erik Andersen
BusyBox is maintained by developer Denys Vlasenko
It's licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 2 (GNU GPLv2)
5 December 1999 one of the oldest BusyBox version was relesed (0.38)
Newest version BusyBox 1.21.0 (21.1.2013)
What is BusyBox
Busybox is set of programs which allow users to have Unix/Linux utilities in single small executable file,
busybox multi-platform and it is made for linux based operating systems (Androd,FreeBSD...), to install busybox you must use linux kernel 2.4.*
You can find BusyBox in not only android devices but also in internet modems,wirles acces points...etc
Supported architectures are ARM, CRIS, H8/300, x86, ia64, x86_64, m68k, MIPS, PowerPC, S390, SH3/4/5, Sparc, v850e,
Usage
BusyBox directory /system/xbin or /system/bin folder
But you dont have to execute cd /system/xbin to start using busybox,just type command that you like (Works only if busybox is symlinked)
Installation through ADB
Requirements
- Rooted device
- ADB
- USB debugging enabled
1.Place busybox binary in root of ADB folder on your PC
2.Start ADB and connect your device with PC (USB)
Code:
adb push busybox /data/local/busybox
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 755 busybox
./busybox
/data/local/busybox cp /data/local/busybox /system/xbin
/data/local/busybox cp /data/local/busybox /system/bin
cd /system/xbin
busybox --install .
rebootOr install app from market,and install busybox Click here if you are noob
Commands
To see commands on your device type "busybox" in terminal emulator
Syntax
Code:
busybox <applet> [arguments]Input:
Code:
busyboxOutput:
Code:
[SIZE="1"][, [[, acpid, addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arp, arping, ash,
awk, basename, beep, blkid, brctl, bunzip2, bzcat, bzip2, cal, cat,
catv, chat, chattr, chgrp, chmod, chown, chpasswd, chpst, chroot,
chrt, chvt, cksum, clear, cmp, comm, cp, cpio, crond, crontab,
cryptpw, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup, deluser, depmod,
devmem, df, dhcprelay, diff, dirname, dmesg, dnsd, dnsdomainname,
dos2unix, dpkg, du, dumpkmap, dumpleases, echo, ed, egrep, eject,
env, envdir, envuidgid, expand, expr, fakeidentd, false, fbset,
fbsplash, fdflush, fdformat, fdisk, fgrep, find, findfs, flash_lock,
flash_unlock, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck, fsck.minix, fsync,
ftpd, ftpget, ftpput, fuser, getopt, getty, grep, gunzip, gzip, hd,
hdparm, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock, id,
ifconfig, ifdown, ifenslave, ifplugd, ifup, inetd, init, inotifyd,
insmod, install, ionice, ip, ipaddr, ipcalc, ipcrm, ipcs, iplink,
iproute, iprule, iptunnel, kbd_mode, kill, killall, killall5, klogd,
last, length, less, linux32, linux64, linuxrc, ln, loadfont,
loadkmap, logger, login, logname, logread, losetup, lpd, lpq, lpr,
ls, lsattr, lsmod, lzmacat, lzop, lzopcat, makemime, man, md5sum,
mdev, mesg, microcom, mkdir, mkdosfs, mkfifo, mkfs.minix, mkfs.vfat,
mknod, mkpasswd, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, more, mount, mountpoint,
mt, mv, nameif, nc, netstat, nice, nmeter, nohup, nslookup, od,
openvt, passwd, patch, pgrep, pidof, ping, ping6, pipe_progress,
pivot_root, pkill, popmaildir, printenv, printf, ps, pscan, pwd,
raidautorun, rdate, rdev, readlink, readprofile, realpath,
reformime, renice, reset, resize, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm,
rpm2cpio, rtcwake, run-parts, runlevel, runsv, runsvdir, rx, script,
scriptreplay, sed, sendmail, seq, setarch, setconsole, setfont,
setkeycodes, setlogcons, setsid, setuidgid, sh, sha1sum, sha256sum,
sha512sum, showkey, slattach, sleep, softlimit, sort, split,
start-stop-daemon, stat, strings, stty, su, sulogin, sum, sv,
svlogd, swapoff, swapon, switch_root, sync, sysctl, syslogd, tac,
tail, tar, taskset, tcpsvd, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, tftpd,
time, timeout, top, touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, ttysize,
udhcpc, udhcpd, udpsvd, umount, uname, uncompress, unexpand, uniq,
unix2dos, unlzma, unlzop, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode,
vconfig, vi, vlock, volname, watch, watchdog, wc, wget, which, who,
whoami, xargs, yes, zcat, zcip[/SIZE]BusyBox emulator in web browser
Need some time to load but its good for learning
--->HERE<---
Screenshot
fotak-x 2013
Thank me if this was usefull and if you like you can donate to me
DO NOT copy/paste this guide to other forums without permission
and if you want to paste this guide to other website...dont even ask for permission because answer is NO
Last edited:
