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========
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* [Introduction](#introduction)
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* [Scope](#scope)
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* [Installation](#installation)
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## Introduction
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*Shitbox* is inspired by the project [busybox](https://busybox.net/) but with a
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much more limited scope. While Busybox aims to be "*The swiss army knife of
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embedded linux*" you can think of shitbox as being more like "*The Harbor Freight
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multi tool of embedded linux*".
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All joking aside the utilities which are present function mostly as expected and
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the code aims to be robust. It's written in Rust, not C, for whatever that's
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worth. Like Busybox it is a multi-call binary which is therefore able to share
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code between applets, making for an overall smaller binary.
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## Scope
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*Shitbox* does not aim to supply an entire system of utilities, but rather a
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a subset of the most common Unix shell utilities. Things which are out of scope
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for the project include:
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- Shells
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- Network servers
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- Kernel module handling utilities
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The code aims to be portable across **Unix** variants, ie Linux and BSD, but not
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MacOS or Windows. Development occurs on Linux, so if your OS is more exotic then
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YMMV.
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## Installation
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Building is done using the official Rust toolchain. It is recommended that you
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install your toolchain using Rustup rather than distro packages, as old compiler
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versions are not supported.
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```Sh
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cargo build --release
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```
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The `bootstrap` applet provides facility for installing the binary, creating all
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required symlinks and installing some nice to haves such as **Unix man pages**
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and **shell completions** [see below].
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```Sh
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target/release/shitbox help bootstrap
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```
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### Supported shells for completions
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- Bash
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- Fish
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- NuShell
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- PowerShell
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- Zsh
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