What is Toybox?

#1

Post by thunderbong » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 2:53 AM UTC

Re: What is Toybox?

#2

Post by upon_drumhead » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 4:30 AM UTC

This sounds really cool, however, reading the status page ( http://landley.net/toybox/status.html#done )is near impossible. I have no clue what the difference between `#command#` or `@command@` is. Are they both usable? some are links to man pages, some are not, but are listed in the done section.

Re: What is Toybox?

#3

Post by rany_ » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 4:36 AM UTC

upon_drumhead wrote: post #2

This sounds really cool, however, reading the status page ( http://landley.net/toybox/status.html#done )is near impossible. I have no clue what the difference between `#command#` or `@command@` is. Are they both usable? some are links to man pages, some are not, but are listed in the done section.

and the legend that is provided isn't that helpful:

> Legend: [posix] (development) {toolbox} =klibc= #sash# @sbase@ *beastiebox* $tizen$ -fhs- .yocto. %shell% +request+

Re: What is Toybox?

#4

Post by ronsor » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 5:14 AM UTC

rany_ wrote: post #3

upon_drumhead wrote: post #2

This sounds really cool, however, reading the status page ( http://landley.net/toybox/status.html#done )is near impossible. I have no clue what the difference between `#command#` or `@command@` is. Are they both usable? some are links to man pages, some are not, but are listed in the done section.

and the legend that is provided isn't that helpful: > Legend: [posix] (development) {toolbox} =klibc= #sash# @sbase@ *beastiebox* $tizen$ -fhs- .yocto. %shell% +request+

This is just where the command originated from.

Re: What is Toybox?

#5

Post by erik_seaberg » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 5:16 AM UTC

rany_ wrote: post #3

upon_drumhead wrote: post #2

This sounds really cool, however, reading the status page ( http://landley.net/toybox/status.html#done )is near impossible. I have no clue what the difference between `#command#` or `@command@` is. Are they both usable? some are links to man pages, some are not, but are listed in the done section.

and the legend that is provided isn't that helpful: > Legend: [posix] (development) {toolbox} =klibc= #sash# @sbase@ *beastiebox* $tizen$ -fhs- .yocto. %shell% +request+

I think each of these symbols represents where a command was defined (e.g., commands in square brackets came from POSIX.1).

https://landley.net/toybox/roadmap.html

Re: What is Toybox?

#6

Post by tempcommenttt » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 5:36 AM UTC

This doesn’t explain what toybox is. Maybe I should ask ChatGPT

Re: What is Toybox?

#7

Post by written-beyond » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 6:11 AM UTC

Please watch this Landley talk for the best explanation. He's a peculiar one but his work is fascinating

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sk9TatW9ino

Re: What is Toybox?

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Post by gorbypark » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 6:16 AM UTC

tempcommenttt wrote: post #6

This doesn’t explain what toybox is. Maybe I should ask ChatGPT

Toybox combines many common Linux command line utilities together into a single BSD-licensed executable. It's simple, small, fast, and reasonably standards-compliant (POSIX-2008 and LSB 4.1).

Re: What is Toybox?

#9

Post by IntelMiner » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 6:32 AM UTC

tempcommenttt wrote: post #6

This doesn’t explain what toybox is. Maybe I should ask ChatGPT

BusyBox but not GPL licensed effectively

Re: What is Toybox?

#10

Post by fitsumbelay » Thu, Jul 25, 2024, 6:35 AM UTC

tempcommenttt wrote: post #6

This doesn’t explain what toybox is. Maybe I should ask ChatGPT

from a previous post - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28627433