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* docs/new-applet-HOWTO.txt: Update for new directory structure.
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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This document details the steps you must take to add a new applet to BusyBox.
Credits:
Matt Kraai - initial writeup
Mark Whitley - the remix
Thomas Lundquist - Added stuff for the new directory layout.
Initial Write
-------------
@ -81,11 +81,25 @@ program that could be useful in another program, consider putting them in
libbb.
Placement / Directory
---------------------
Find the appropriate directory for your new applet.
Add the applet to the applet directory Makefile:
obj-$(CONFIG_MU) += mu.o
Add the applet to the applet directory config.in:
bool 'mu' CONFIG_MU
Usage String(s)
---------------
Next, add usage information for you applet to usage.h. This should look like
the following:
Next, add usage information for you applet to include/usage.h.
This should look like the following:
#define mu_trivial_usage \
"-[abcde] FILES"
@ -104,9 +118,9 @@ currently exist in usage.h.)
Header Files
------------
Next, add an entry to applets.h. Be *sure* to keep the list in alphabetical
order, or else it will break the binary-search lookup algorithm in busybox.c
and the Gods of BusyBox smite you. Yea, verily:
Next, add an entry to include/applets.h. Be *sure* to keep the list
in alphabetical order, or else it will break the binary-search lookup
algorithm in busybox.c and the Gods of BusyBox smite you. Yea, verily:
/* all programs above here are alphabetically "less than" 'mu' */
#ifdef CONFIG_MU
@ -126,6 +140,8 @@ Documentation
If you're feeling especially nice, you should also document your applet in the
docs directory (but nobody ever does that).
Adding some text to docs/Configure.help is a nice start.
The Grand Announcement
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