2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
6 menu "Archival Utilities"
8 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
9 bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .lzma data"
12 Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .lzma data.
14 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2
15 bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .bz2 data"
18 Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .bz2 data.
20 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
21 bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .gz data"
24 Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .gz data.
26 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z
27 bool "Make tar and gunzip understand .Z data"
30 Make tar and gunzip understand .Z data.
32 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR
36 ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
37 extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding
38 a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to
39 retrieve the original individual files (called archive members).
40 The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner,
41 and group are preserved in the archive, and can be restored on
44 The stored filename is limited to 15 characters. (for more information
45 see long filename support).
46 ar has 60 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
48 This implementation of ar can extract archives, it cannot create or
50 On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about 1K.
52 Unless you have a specific application which requires ar, you should
55 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
56 bool "Support for long filenames (not needed for debs)"
58 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR
60 By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters
61 of the filename, this option removes that limitation.
62 It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long
63 filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry.
65 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUNZIP2
69 bunzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
70 sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
71 is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
72 conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
73 performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
75 Unless you have a specific application which requires bunzip2, you
76 should probably say N here.
78 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BZIP2
82 bzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
83 sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
84 is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
85 conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
86 performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
88 Unless you have a specific application which requires bzip2, you
89 should probably say N here.
91 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CPIO
95 cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
96 extract contents from archives.
97 cpio has 110 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
99 This implementation of cpio can extract cpio archives created in the
100 "newc" or "crc" format, it cannot create or modify them.
102 Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you
103 should probably say N here.
105 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_O
106 bool "Support for archive creation"
108 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CPIO
110 This implementation of cpio can create cpio archives in the "newc"
113 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_P
114 bool "Support for passthrough mode"
116 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_O
118 Passthrough mode. Rarely used.
120 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG
123 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
125 dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage
128 This implementation of dpkg has a number of limitations,
129 you should use the official dpkg if possible.
131 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
134 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
136 dpkg-deb unpacks and provides information about Debian archives.
138 This implementation of dpkg-deb cannot pack archives.
140 Unless you have a specific application which requires dpkg-deb,
143 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DPKG_DEB_EXTRACT_ONLY
144 bool "Extract only (-x)"
146 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
148 This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of
149 "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx". However it saves space as none
150 of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are needed, they are linked
153 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP
157 gunzip is used to decompress archives created by gzip.
158 You can use the `-t' option to test the integrity of
159 an archive, without decompressing it.
161 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GZIP
165 gzip is used to compress files.
166 It's probably the most widely used UNIX compression program.
168 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LZOP
172 Lzop compression/decompresion.
174 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LZOP_COMPR_HIGH
175 bool "lzop complession levels 7,8,9 (not very useful)"
177 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LZOP
179 High levels (7,8,9) of lzop compression. These levels
180 are actually slower than gzip at equivalent compression ratios
181 and take up 3.2K of code.
183 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM2CPIO
187 Converts an RPM file into a CPIO archive.
189 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM
193 Mini RPM applet - queries and extracts RPM packages.
195 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
199 tar is an archiving program. It's commonly used with gzip to
200 create compressed archives. It's probably the most widely used
201 UNIX archive program.
203 if BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
205 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
206 bool "Enable archive creation"
208 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
210 If you enable this option you'll be able to create
211 tar archives using the `-c' option.
213 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_AUTODETECT
214 bool "Autodetect compressed tarballs"
216 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2 || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
218 With this option tar can automatically detect compressed
219 tarballs. Currently it works only on files (not pipes etc).
221 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_FROM
222 bool "Enable -X (exclude from) and -T (include from) options)"
224 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
226 If you enable this option you'll be able to specify
227 a list of files to include or exclude from an archive.
229 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDGNU_COMPATIBILITY
230 bool "Support for old tar header format"
232 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
234 This option is required to unpack archives created in
235 the old GNU format; help to kill this old format by
236 repacking your ancient archives with the new format.
238 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDSUN_COMPATIBILITY
239 bool "Enable untarring of tarballs with checksums produced by buggy Sun tar"
241 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
243 This option is required to unpack archives created by some old
244 version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed
245 arithmetic). It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old"
246 tarballs still exist.
248 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
249 bool "Support for GNU tar extensions (long filenames)"
251 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
253 With this option busybox supports GNU long filenames and
256 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_LONG_OPTIONS
257 bool "Enable long options"
259 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LONG_OPTS
261 Enable use of long options, increases size by about 400 Bytes
263 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_UNAME_GNAME
264 bool "Enable use of user and group names"
266 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
268 Enables use of user and group names in tar. This affects contents
269 listings (-t) and preserving permissions when unpacking (-p).
274 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
278 uncompress is used to decompress archives created by compress.
279 Not much used anymore, replaced by gzip/gunzip.
281 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNLZMA
285 unlzma is a compression utility using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain
286 compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression
287 is generally considerably better than that achieved by the bzip2
290 The BusyBox unlzma applet is limited to de-compression only.
291 On an x86 system, this applet adds about 4K.
293 Unless you have a specific application which requires unlzma, you
294 should probably say N here.
296 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LZMA_FAST
297 bool "Optimize unlzma for speed"
299 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNLZMA
301 This option reduces decompression time by about 25% at the cost of
304 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNZIP
308 unzip will list or extract files from a ZIP archive,
309 commonly found on DOS/WIN systems. The default behavior
310 (with no options) is to extract the archive into the
311 current directory. Use the `-d' option to extract to a
312 directory of your choice.