Busybox - How does it work and why ist it needed

What is BusyBox and why is it needed? Hello folks, today I want to explain how the Swiss knife of Linux command line tools works and why it is needed, especially in embedded systems. On a normal Linux desktop system, tools like ls , cp , mount or sh are all separate binaries. Each of those binaries depends on libraries and contains its own startup code. This is usually not a problem on desktops or…