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, builtin 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, builtin 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.
179 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_HELP
182 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
184 Enable help builtin in hush. Code size + ~1 kbyte.
186 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_INTERACTIVE
187 bool "Interactive mode"
189 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
191 Enable interactive mode (prompt and command editing).
192 Without this, hush simply reads and executes commands
193 from stdin just like a shell script from the file.
194 No prompt, no PS1/PS2 magic shell variables.
196 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_JOB
199 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_INTERACTIVE
201 Enable job control: Ctrl-Z backgrounds, Ctrl-C interrupts current
202 command (not entire shell), fg/bg builtins work. Without this option,
203 "cmd &" still works by simply spawning a process and immediately
204 prompting for next command (or executing next command in a script),
205 but no separate process group is formed.
207 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_TICK
208 bool "Process substitution"
210 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
212 Enable process substitution `command` and $(command) in hush.
214 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_IF
215 bool "Support if/then/elif/else/fi"
217 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
219 Enable if/then/elif/else/fi in hush.
221 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_LOOPS
222 bool "Support for, while and until loops"
224 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
226 Enable for, while and until loops in hush.
228 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH
231 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
232 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
233 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
235 lash is the very smallest shell (adds just 10k) and it is quite
236 usable as a command prompt, but it is not suitable for any but the
237 most trivial scripting (such as an initrd that calls insmod a few
238 times) since it does not understand any Bourne shell grammar. It
239 does handle pipes, redirects, and job control though. Adding in
240 command editing makes it a very nice lightweight command prompt.
243 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH
246 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
247 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
248 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
250 The minix shell (adds just 30k) is quite complete and handles things
251 like for/do/done, case/esac and all the things you expect a Bourne
252 shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne
253 shell grammar (try running the shell testscript "tests/sh.testcases"
254 on it and compare vs bash) but for most things it works quite well.
255 It also uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
257 comment "Bourne Shell Options"
258 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
260 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_EXTRA_QUIET
261 bool "Hide message on interactive shell startup"
263 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
265 Remove the busybox introduction when starting a shell.
267 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE
268 bool "Standalone shell"
270 depends on (BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH) && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
272 This option causes busybox shells to use busybox applets
273 in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For
274 example, entering the command 'ifconfig' into the shell would cause
275 busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully
276 qualified executable name, such as '/sbin/ifconfig' will still
277 execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option
278 is generally used when creating a statically linked version of busybox
279 for use as a rescue shell, in the event that you screw up your system.
281 This is implemented by re-execing /proc/self/exe (typically)
282 with right parameters. Some selected applets ("NOFORK" applets)
283 can even be executed without creating new process.
284 Instead, busybox will call <applet>_main() internally.
286 However, this causes problems in chroot jails without mounted /proc
287 and with ps/top (command name can be shown as 'exe' for applets
290 # Note that this will *also* cause applets to take precedence
291 # over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will
292 # eliminate any performance gained by turning on the builtin "echo"
293 # and "test" commands in ash.
295 # Note that when using this option, the shell will attempt to directly
296 # run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in
297 # that exact location with that exact name, this option will not work at
300 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CTTYHACK
304 One common problem reported on the mailing list is "can't access tty;
305 job control turned off" error message which typically appears when
306 one tries to use shell with stdin/stdout opened to /dev/console.
307 This device is special - it cannot be a controlling tty.
309 Proper solution is to use correct device instead of /dev/console.
311 cttyhack provides "quick and dirty" solution to this problem.
312 It analyzes stdin with various ioctls, trying to determine whether
313 it is a /dev/ttyN or /dev/ttySN (virtual terminal or serial line).
314 If it detects one, it closes stdin/out/err and reopens that device.
315 Then it executes given program. Usage example for /etc/inittab
318 ::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh