2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
9 prompt "Choose your default shell"
10 default BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_ASH
12 Choose a shell. The ash shell is the most bash compatible
13 and full featured one.
15 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_ASH
16 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
19 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_HUSH
20 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
23 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_LASH
24 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH
27 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_MSH
28 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH
31 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_NONE
36 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
39 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
41 Tha 'ash' shell adds about 60k in the default configuration and is
42 the most complete and most pedantically correct shell included with
43 busybox. This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash'
44 shell (by Herbert Xu), which was created by porting the 'ash' shell
45 (written by Kenneth Almquist) from NetBSD.
47 comment "Ash Shell Options"
48 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
50 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL
53 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
55 Enable job control in the ash shell.
57 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_READ_NCHARS
58 bool "'read -n N' and 'read -s' support"
60 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
62 'read -n N' will return a value after N characters have been read.
63 'read -s' will read without echoing the user's input.
65 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT
66 bool "'read -t S' support."
68 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
70 'read -t S' will return a value after S seconds have passed.
71 This implementation will allow fractional seconds, expressed
72 as a decimal fraction, e.g. 'read -t 2.5 foo'.
74 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_ALIAS
77 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
79 Enable alias support in the ash shell.
81 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_MATH_SUPPORT
82 bool "Posix math support"
84 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
86 Enable math support in the ash shell.
88 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_MATH_SUPPORT_64
89 bool "Extend Posix math support to 64 bit"
91 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_MATH_SUPPORT
93 Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell. This will make
94 the shell slightly larger, but will allow computation with very
97 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_GETOPTS
98 bool "Builtin getopt to parse positional parameters"
100 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
102 Enable getopts builtin in the ash shell.
104 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_ECHO
105 bool "Builtin version of 'echo'"
107 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ECHO
108 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
110 Enable support for echo, built in to ash.
112 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_TEST
113 bool "Builtin version of 'test'"
115 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
116 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
118 Enable support for test, built in to ash.
120 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD
121 bool "'command' command to override shell builtins"
123 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
125 Enable support for the ash 'command' builtin, which allows
126 you to run the specified command with the specified arguments,
127 even when there is an ash builtin command with the same name.
129 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_MAIL
130 bool "Check for new mail on interactive shells"
132 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
134 Enable "check for new mail" in the ash shell.
136 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
137 bool "Optimize for size instead of speed"
139 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
141 Compile ash for reduced size at the price of speed.
143 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT
144 bool "Pseudorandom generator and variable $RANDOM"
146 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
148 Enable pseudorandom generator and dynamic variable "$RANDOM".
149 Each read of "$RANDOM" will generate a new pseudorandom value.
150 You can reset the generator by using a specified start value.
151 After "unset RANDOM" then generator will switch off and this
152 variable will no longer have special treatment.
154 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_EXPAND_PRMT
155 bool "Expand prompt string"
157 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
159 "PS#" may be contain volatile content, such as backquote commands.
160 This option recreates the prompt string from the environment
161 variable each time it is displayed.
163 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
166 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
167 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
168 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
170 hush is a very small shell (just 18k) and it has fairly complete
171 Bourne shell grammar. It even handles all the normal flow control
172 options such as if/then/elif/else/fi, for/in/do/done, while loops,
175 It does not handle case/esac, select, function, here documents ( <<
176 word ), arithmetic expansion, aliases, brace expansion, tilde
177 expansion, &> and >& redirection of stdout+stderr, etc.
180 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH
183 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
184 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
185 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
187 lash is the very smallest shell (adds just 10k) and it is quite
188 usable as a command prompt, but it is not suitable for any but the
189 most trivial scripting (such as an initrd that calls insmod a few
190 times) since it does not understand any Bourne shell grammar. It
191 does handle pipes, redirects, and job control though. Adding in
192 command editing makes it a very nice lightweight command prompt.
195 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH
198 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
199 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
200 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
202 The minix shell (adds just 30k) is quite complete and handles things
203 like for/do/done, case/esac and all the things you expect a Bourne
204 shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne
205 shell grammar (try running the shell testscript "tests/sh.testcases"
206 on it and compare vs bash) but for most things it works quite well.
207 It also uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
209 comment "Bourne Shell Options"
210 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
212 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_EXTRA_QUIET
213 bool "Hide message on interactive shell startup"
215 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
217 Remove the busybox introduction when starting a shell.
219 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE_SHELL
220 bool "Standalone shell"
222 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
224 This option causes the selected busybox shell to use busybox applets
225 in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For
226 example, entering the command 'ifconfig' into the shell would cause
227 busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully
228 qualified executable name, such as '/sbin/ifconfig' will still
229 execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option
230 is generally used when creating a statically linked version of busybox
231 for use as a rescue shell, in the event that you screw up your system.
233 Note that this will *also* cause applets to take precedence
234 over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will
235 eliminate any performance gained by turning on the builtin "echo"
236 and "test" commands in ash.
238 Note that when using this option, the shell will attempt to directly
239 run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in
240 that exact location with that exact name, this option will not work at
243 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING
244 bool "Command line editing"
246 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
248 Enable command editing in shell.
250 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING_VI
251 bool "vi-style line editing commands"
253 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING
255 Enable vi-style line editing in the shell. This mode can be
256 turned on and off with "set -o vi" and "set +o vi".
258 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_HISTORY
262 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING
264 Specify command history size in shell.
266 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_SAVEHISTORY
267 bool "History saving"
269 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING
271 Enable history saving in ash shell.
273 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_TAB_COMPLETION
274 bool "Tab completion"
276 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING
278 Enable tab completion in shell.
280 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_USERNAME_COMPLETION
281 bool "Username completion"
283 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_TAB_COMPLETION
285 Enable username completion in shell.
287 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_FANCY_PROMPT
288 bool "Fancy shell prompts"
290 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING
292 Setting this option allows for prompts to use things like \w and
293 \$ and also using escape codes.