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FRIGN 3c33abc520 Implement mallocarray()
A function used only in the OpenBSD-Kernel as of now, but it surely
provides a helpful interface when you just don't want to make sure
the incoming pointer to erealloc() is really NULL so it behaves
like malloc, making it a bit more safer.

Talking about *allocarray(): It's definitely a major step in code-
hardening. Especially as a system administrator, you should be
able to trust your core tools without having to worry about segfaults
like this, which can easily lead to privilege escalation.

How do the GNU coreutils handle this?
$ strings -n 4611686018427387903
strings: invalid minimum string length -1
$ strings -n 4611686018427387904
strings: invalid minimum string length 0

They silently overflow...

In comparison, sbase:

$ strings -n 4611686018427387903
mallocarray: out of memory
$ strings -n 4611686018427387904
mallocarray: out of memory

The first out of memory is actually a true OOM returned by malloc,
whereas the second one is a detected overflow, which is not marked
in a special way.
Now tell me which diagnostic error-messages are easier to understand.
2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
libutf Add mkrunetype.awk 2015-02-23 20:36:47 +01:00
libutil Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
arg.h ARGNUMF() only works on base 10 as it uses strtonum underneath 2015-01-30 16:45:44 +00:00
basename.1 Refactor basename.1 2015-02-28 15:09:47 +01:00
basename.c Fix broken sbase-box due to multiple definitions of usage 2015-02-28 18:33:33 +00:00
cal.1 Audit cal(1) 2015-03-08 21:28:32 +01:00
cal.c style: document intentional fallthrough 2015-03-09 00:33:13 +01:00
cat.1 Audit cat(1) 2015-03-02 00:39:26 +01:00
cat.c Make already audited tools argv-centric instead of argc-centric 2015-03-02 14:19:26 +01:00
chgrp.1 Audit chgrp(1) 2015-03-08 23:31:59 +01:00
chgrp.c Small global-var change to chgrp(1) 2015-03-09 00:42:23 +01:00
chmod.1 Audit chmod(1) 2015-03-05 19:08:28 +01:00
chmod.c staticize some functions 2015-03-07 13:33:39 +01:00
chown.1 Audit chown(1) 2015-03-09 00:42:23 +01:00
chown.c Audit chown(1) 2015-03-09 00:42:23 +01:00
chroot.1 Finish up chroot(1) and md5sum(1) 2015-01-31 23:54:51 +01:00
chroot.c Don't return but _exit after failed exec*() and fork() 2015-03-09 01:12:59 +01:00
cksum.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
cksum.c Clean up #includes 2015-02-14 21:12:23 +01:00
cmp.1 Refactor cmp(1) code and manpage 2015-02-07 21:05:33 +01:00
cmp.c Clean up #includes 2015-02-14 21:12:23 +01:00
col.1 col.1: convert to mandoc 2015-03-07 13:56:13 +01:00
col.c Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
cols.1 Audit cols(1) 2015-03-08 19:49:59 +01:00
cols.c Audit cols(1) 2015-03-08 19:49:59 +01:00
comm.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
comm.c Clean up #includes 2015-02-14 21:12:23 +01:00
compat.h Add compat.h 2014-11-17 15:46:28 +00:00
config.mk Add info about NetBSD to config.mk 2015-02-20 16:24:17 +00:00
cp.1 Audit cp(1) 2015-03-02 19:15:19 +01:00
cp.c Refactor enmasse() and recurse() to reflect depth 2015-03-02 22:50:38 +01:00
cron.1 cron.1: path macro for /etc/crontab 2015-02-06 15:43:23 +01:00
cron.c Use switch with fork() 2015-03-09 15:01:29 +01:00
crypt.h Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
cut.1 man pages: fix some typos 2015-02-01 21:28:17 +01:00
cut.c Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
date.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
date.c Audit date(1) 2015-03-02 15:12:19 +01:00
dirname.1 Audit dirname(1) 2015-02-28 19:51:07 +01:00
dirname.c Audit dirname(1) 2015-02-28 19:51:07 +01:00
du.1 Update manpage for du(1) 2015-02-18 20:42:23 +00:00
du.c Don't terminate du(1) if chdir(2) fails 2015-02-18 22:04:32 +01:00
echo.1 Audit echo(1) 2015-02-28 20:16:10 +01:00
echo.c Make already audited tools argv-centric instead of argc-centric 2015-03-02 14:19:26 +01:00
env.1 Audit env(1) 2015-03-02 14:53:24 +01:00
env.c Don't return but _exit after failed exec*() and fork() 2015-03-09 01:12:59 +01:00
expand.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
expand.c Implement reallocarray() 2015-03-10 21:23:36 +01:00
expr.1 Add periods in expr.1 2015-02-10 00:34:47 +01:00
expr.c don't mix declarations and code (and one ** to *[]) 2015-03-06 07:33:58 +00:00
false.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
false.c Simplify true(1) and false(1) 2014-10-03 00:03:08 +01:00
find.1 add find.1, sed.1, time.1 stubs 2015-02-28 13:46:20 +01:00
find.c Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
fold.1 fold: Fix usage and manpage for -width 2015-03-05 08:16:58 +00:00
fold.c fold: Fix usage and manpage for -width 2015-03-05 08:16:58 +00:00
fs.h Refactor enmasse() and recurse() to reflect depth 2015-03-02 22:50:38 +01:00
grep.1 man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 20:52:28 +01:00
grep.c grep, kill, renice, sort: style: put main at bottom 2015-03-08 12:51:33 +01:00
head.1 head: Fix usage and manpage 2015-03-05 08:16:56 +00:00
head.c Small fix in head.c 2015-03-06 00:32:22 +01:00
hostname.1 Audit hostname(1) 2015-02-28 21:22:55 +01:00
hostname.c Audit hostname(1) 2015-02-28 21:22:55 +01:00
kill.1 man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 20:52:28 +01:00
kill.c grep, kill, renice, sort: style: put main at bottom 2015-03-08 12:51:33 +01:00
LICENSE Update LICENSE 2015-02-18 12:30:34 +01:00
link.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
link.c Audit unlink(1) 2015-02-28 20:05:22 +01:00
ln.1 Audit ln(1) 2015-03-05 21:14:43 +01:00
ln.c Audit ln(1) 2015-03-05 21:14:43 +01:00
logger.1 Audit logger(1) 2015-03-07 00:10:22 +01:00
logger.c Audit logger(1) 2015-03-07 00:10:22 +01:00
logname.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
logname.c Fix coding style 2014-11-13 18:08:43 +00:00
ls.1 ls: add -n option 2015-02-22 12:30:47 +00:00
ls.c Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
Makefile Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
md5.h Add crypt.[ch] and update md5sum and sha1sum 2013-07-18 09:51:17 -04:00
md5sum.1 Update *sum(1)-manpages and mark them as finished and audited 2015-03-01 22:59:20 +01:00
md5sum.c Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
mkdir.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
mkdir.c Small fix in mkdir.c 2015-03-06 00:34:43 +01:00
mkfifo.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
mkfifo.c Audit mkfifo(1) 2015-03-02 17:25:29 +01:00
mktemp.1 Finish up printenv(1) 2015-02-01 00:23:38 +01:00
mktemp.c Clean up #includes 2015-02-14 21:12:23 +01:00
mv.1 Audit mv(1) 2015-03-04 23:22:43 +01:00
mv.c Audit mv(1) 2015-03-04 23:22:43 +01:00
nice.1 Audit nice(1) 2015-03-02 16:53:13 +01:00
nice.c Don't return but _exit after failed exec*() and fork() 2015-03-09 01:12:59 +01:00
nl.1 nl: add -l option 2015-03-10 12:55:06 +00:00
nl.c nl: add -l option 2015-03-10 12:55:06 +00:00
nohup.1 Add EXIT STATUS to nohup.1 2015-03-05 00:27:36 +01:00
nohup.c Don't return but _exit after failed exec*() and fork() 2015-03-09 01:12:59 +01:00
paste.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
paste.c Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
printenv.1 Finish up printenv(1) 2015-02-01 00:23:38 +01:00
printenv.c Make already audited tools argv-centric instead of argc-centric 2015-03-02 14:19:26 +01:00
printf.1 Add printf(1) 2015-02-15 14:46:58 +01:00
printf.c Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
pwd.1 Audit pwd(1) 2015-03-03 17:24:14 +01:00
pwd.c Audit pwd(1) 2015-03-03 17:24:14 +01:00
queue.h Use queue.h in grep(1) 2014-11-16 12:39:15 +00:00
readlink.1 Edit readlink.1 and document missing flags 2015-02-01 00:43:43 +01:00
readlink.c style: document intentional fallthrough 2015-03-09 00:33:13 +01:00
README nl: add -l option 2015-03-10 12:55:06 +00:00
renice.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
renice.c grep, kill, renice, sort: style: put main at bottom 2015-03-08 12:51:33 +01:00
rm.1 Audit rm(1) 2015-02-28 21:31:23 +01:00
rm.c Make already audited tools argv-centric instead of argc-centric 2015-03-02 14:19:26 +01:00
rmdir.1 Update rmdir.1 as well 2015-03-02 17:14:29 +01:00
rmdir.c Add argv0 to usage() in rmdir.c 2015-03-02 16:24:08 +01:00
sed.1 add find.1, sed.1, time.1 stubs 2015-02-28 13:46:20 +01:00
sed.c Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
seq.1 man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 20:52:28 +01:00
seq.c seq, xargs: style: put main at bottom 2015-03-07 13:36:40 +01:00
setsid.1 Finish up setsid(1) 2015-02-01 00:47:32 +01:00
setsid.c fork: no need to _exit() on the error case 2015-03-10 20:05:18 +01:00
sha1.h Add crypt.[ch] and update md5sum and sha1sum 2013-07-18 09:51:17 -04:00
sha1sum.1 Update *sum(1)-manpages and mark them as finished and audited 2015-03-01 22:59:20 +01:00
sha1sum.c Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
sha256.h Add sha256sum(1) 2013-07-20 13:20:16 -04:00
sha256sum.1 Update *sum(1)-manpages and mark them as finished and audited 2015-03-01 22:59:20 +01:00
sha256sum.c Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
sha512.h Add sha512sum(1) 2013-08-04 11:00:34 -04:00
sha512sum.1 Update *sum(1)-manpages and mark them as finished and audited 2015-03-01 22:59:20 +01:00
sha512sum.c Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
sleep.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
sleep.c Audit sleep(1) 2015-02-28 20:10:25 +01:00
sort.1 sort: minor manual page adjustments 2015-02-01 21:46:58 +01:00
sort.c grep, kill, renice, sort: style: put main at bottom 2015-03-08 12:51:33 +01:00
split.1 man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 20:52:28 +01:00
split.c staticize some functions 2015-03-07 13:33:39 +01:00
sponge.1 Refactor sponge(1) code and manpage 2015-02-08 22:17:21 +01:00
sponge.c Audit sponge(1) 2015-03-01 23:42:16 +01:00
strings.1 chown.1, strings.1: fix date 2015-02-28 13:43:29 +01:00
strings.c Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
sync.1 Refactor sync(1) code and manpage 2015-02-08 22:08:14 +01:00
sync.c Add arg.h-handling to sync(1) and unlink(1) 2015-02-08 22:13:50 +01:00
tail.1 tail: Add -num to usage and fix manpage to align with head.1 2015-03-05 08:16:58 +00:00
tail.c tail: Add -num to usage and fix manpage to align with head.1 2015-03-05 08:16:58 +00:00
tar.1 tar.1: add symbolic link dereferencing to manpage 2015-02-09 22:54:53 +00:00
tar.c fork: no need to _exit() on the error case 2015-03-10 20:05:18 +01:00
tee.1 Audit tee(1) 2015-03-04 23:05:11 +01:00
tee.c Audit tee(1) 2015-03-04 23:05:11 +01:00
test.1 fix some mandoc warnings 2015-02-10 17:37:57 +01:00
test.c test: Minor cleanup 2015-03-05 08:04:52 +00:00
text.h Use size_t for number of lines in linebuf 2015-01-31 22:49:43 +00:00
time.1 Add time(1) manpage 2015-03-05 00:22:36 +01:00
time.c fork: no need to _exit() on the error case 2015-03-10 20:05:18 +01:00
TODO Remove file(1) from TODO 2015-03-06 11:26:28 +00:00
touch.1 Add proper d- and t-flag support to touch(1) 2015-02-19 18:54:56 +01:00
touch.c staticize some functions 2015-03-07 13:33:39 +01:00
tr.1 Update escape-sequence information in tr.1 2015-02-15 14:56:49 +01:00
tr.c Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
true.1 man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 20:52:28 +01:00
true.c Simplify true(1) and false(1) 2014-10-03 00:03:08 +01:00
tty.1 Refactor tty(1) code and manpage 2015-02-07 22:00:28 +01:00
tty.c Audit tty(1) 2015-02-28 19:59:34 +01:00
uname.1 Refactor uname(1) code and manpage 2015-02-07 22:15:56 +01:00
uname.c Clean up #includes 2015-02-14 21:12:23 +01:00
unexpand.1 Refactor unexpand(1) code and manpage, adding tablist support 2015-02-08 21:24:22 +01:00
unexpand.c Implement reallocarray() 2015-03-10 21:23:36 +01:00
uniq.1 uniq: Add standards section to manpage and update README 2015-02-11 15:55:58 +00:00
uniq.c uniq: optimization: reuse the prevline buffer 2015-03-08 14:50:46 +01:00
unlink.1 Refactor unlink(1) code and manpage 2015-02-08 21:59:59 +01:00
unlink.c Audit unlink(1) 2015-02-28 20:05:22 +01:00
utf.h Scrap chartorunearr(), introducing utftorunestr() 2015-02-11 21:32:09 +01:00
util.h Implement mallocarray() 2015-03-10 22:19:19 +01:00
uudecode.1 Fix section order in uudecode.1 2015-02-13 11:37:17 +00:00
uudecode.c uudecode: fix no newline before EOF 2015-02-20 14:36:50 +01:00
uuencode.1 Update uuencode manpage and mark as complete in README 2015-02-13 11:38:52 +00:00
uuencode.c code-style: minor cleanup and nitpicking 2015-02-20 13:29:38 +01:00
wc.1 Finish up wc(1) 2015-02-01 03:01:11 +01:00
wc.c staticize some functions 2015-03-07 13:33:39 +01:00
xargs.1 xargs.1: dont justify text, remove " " 2015-02-06 15:43:46 +01:00
xargs.c fork: no need to _exit() on the error case 2015-03-10 20:05:18 +01:00
yes.1 Finish up yes(1) by adding multiple string support 2015-02-01 02:13:47 +01:00
yes.c Make already audited tools argv-centric instead of argc-centric 2015-03-02 14:19:26 +01:00

sbase - suckless unix tools
===========================

sbase  is a  collection of  unix  tools that  are inherently  portable
across UNIX and UNIX-like systems.

The following tools are implemented ('*' == finished, '#' == UTF-8 support,
'=' == implicit UTF-8 support, '|' == audited):

    UTILITY         POSIX 2008 COMPLIANT         MISSING OPTIONS
    -------         --------------------         ---------------
=*| basename        yes                          none
=*| cal             yes                          none
=*| cat             yes                          none
=*| chgrp           yes                          none
=*| chmod           yes                          none
=*| chown           yes                          none
=*| chroot          non-posix                    none
=*  cksum           yes                          none
=*  cmp             yes                          none
#*| cols            non-posix                    none
    col             yes                          none
=*  comm            yes                          none
=*| cp              yes                          none (-i)
=*  cron            non-posix                    none
#*  cut             yes                          none
=*| date            yes                          none
=*| dirname         yes                          none
=*  du              yes                          none
=*| echo            yes                          none
=*| env             yes                          none
#*  expand          yes                          none
#*  expr            yes                          none
=*| false           yes                          none
=   find            yes                          none
#*  fold            yes                          none
=*  grep            yes                          none
=*| head            yes                          none
=*| hostname        non-posix                    none
=*  kill            yes                          none
=*| link            yes                          none
=*| ln              yes                          none
=*| logger          yes                          none
=*  logname         yes                          none
=   ls              no                           (-C), -S, -f, -m, -s, -x
=*| md5sum          non-posix                    none
=*| mkdir           yes                          none
=*| mkfifo          yes                          none
=*  mktemp          non-posix                    none
=*| mv              yes                          none (-i)
=*| nice            yes                          none
=   nl              no                           -d, -f, -h, -p
=*| nohup           yes                          none
#*  paste           yes                          none
=*| printenv        non-posix                    none
#*  printf          yes                          none
=*| pwd             yes                          none
=   readlink        non-posix                    none
=*  renice          yes                          none
=*| rm              yes                          none (-i)
=*| rmdir           yes                          none
#   sed
    seq             non-posix                    none
=*| setsid          non-posix                    none
=*| sha1sum         non-posix                    none
=*| sha256sum       non-posix                    none
=*| sha512sum       non-posix                    none
=*| sleep           yes                          none
    sort            no                           -m, -o, -d, -f, -i
=*  split           yes                          none
=*| sponge          non-posix                    none
#*  strings         yes                          none
=*  sync            non-posix                    none
=*  tail            yes                          none
=*  tar             non-posix                    none
=*| tee             yes                          none
=*  test            yes                          none
=*| time            yes                          none
=*  touch           yes                          none
#*  tr              yes                          none
=*| true            yes                          none
=*| tty             yes                          none
=*| uname           yes                          none
#*  unexpand        yes                          none
=*  uniq            yes                          none
=*| unlink          yes                          none
=*  uudecode        yes                          none
=*  uuencode        yes                          none
#*  wc              yes                          none
=   xargs           no                           -I, -L, -p, -s, -t, -x
=*| yes             non-posix                    none

The  complement of  sbase  is  ubase[1] which  is  Linux-specific  and
provides all  the non-portable tools.   Together they are  intended to
form a base system similar to busybox but much smaller and suckless.

Building
--------

To  build sbase,  simply  type  make.  You  may  have  to fiddle  with
config.mk depending on your system.

You  can  also  build  sbase-box,  which  generates  a  single  binary
containing  all  the  required  tools.    You  can  then  symlink  the
individual tools to sbase-box or run: make sbase-box-install

Ideally you will  want to statically link sbase.  If  you are on Linux
we recommend using musl-libc[2].

Portability
-----------

sbase has been  compiled on a variety of  different operating systems,
including Linux, *BSD, OSX, Haiku, Solaris, SCO OpenServer and others.

Various combinations of operating  systems and architectures have also
been built.

You can build sbase with gcc, clang, tcc, nwcc and pcc.

[1] http://git.suckless.org/ubase/
[2] http://www.musl-libc.org/