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Subject: Re: [BusyBox] Live updating busybox?
From: "Vladimir N. Oleynik" <dzo () simtreas ! ru>
Date: 2003-11-18 14:07:12
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Steven,
> I am using busybox in embedded systems and want to update it.
>
> I understand the just overwriting the busybox binary could cause some
> trouble.
>
> One suggestion I got was to store the new version of busybox in let's
> say /bin/busybox.new and then "mv /bin/busybox.new /bin/busybox" where
> "mv" must not be the busybox applet but a standalone binary.
You can always use:
# /bin/busybox.old mv /bin/busybox.new /bin/busybox
(also, haved hack method: remove link to /bin/mv, make hard link to new busybox,
but this more hard).
--w
vodz
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