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 need for debs)"
58 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR
60 By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of
61 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_DPKG
117 dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage
120 This implementation of dpkg has a number of limitations,
121 you should use the official dpkg if possible.
123 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
127 dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian
130 This implementation of dpkg-deb cannot pack archives.
132 Unless you have a specific application which requires dpkg-deb,
135 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DPKG_DEB_EXTRACT_ONLY
136 bool "Extract only (-x)"
138 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
140 This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of
141 "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx". However it saves space as none
142 of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are needed, they are linked
145 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP
149 gunzip is used to decompress archives created by gzip.
150 You can use the `-t' option to test the integrity of
151 an archive, without decompressing it.
153 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GZIP
157 gzip is used to compress files.
158 It's probably the most widely used UNIX compression program.
160 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM2CPIO
164 Converts an RPM file into a CPIO archive.
166 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM
170 Mini RPM applet - queries and extracts RPM packages.
172 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
176 tar is an archiving program. It's commonly used with gzip to
177 create compressed archives. It's probably the most widely used
178 UNIX archive program.
182 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
183 bool "Enable archive creation"
185 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
187 If you enable this option you'll be able to create
188 tar archives using the `-c' option.
190 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_AUTODETECT
191 bool "Autodetect gz/bz2 compressed tarballs"
193 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2 || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
195 With this option tar can automatically detect gzip/bzip2 compressed
196 tarballs. Currently it works only on files (not pipes etc).
198 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_FROM
199 bool "Enable -X (exclude from) and -T (include from) options)"
201 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
203 If you enable this option you'll be able to specify
204 a list of files to include or exclude from an archive.
206 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDGNU_COMPATIBILITY
207 bool "Support for old tar header format"
209 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
211 This option is required to unpack archives created in
212 the old GNU format; help to kill this old format by
213 repacking your ancient archives with the new format.
215 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDSUN_COMPATIBILITY
216 bool "Enable untarring of tarballs with checksums produced by buggy Sun tar"
218 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
220 This option is required to unpack archives created by some old
221 version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed
222 arithmetic). It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old"
223 tarballs still exist.
225 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
226 bool "Support for GNU tar extensions (long filenames)"
228 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
230 With this option busybox supports GNU long filenames and
233 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_LONG_OPTIONS
234 bool "Enable long options"
236 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
238 Enable use of long options, increases size by about 400 Bytes
240 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_UNAME_GNAME
241 bool "Enable use of user and group names"
243 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
245 Enables use of user and group names in tar. This affects contents
246 listings (-t) and preserving permissions when unpacking (-p).
251 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
255 uncompress is used to decompress archives created by compress.
256 Not much used anymore, replaced by gzip/gunzip.
258 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNLZMA
262 unlzma is a compression utility using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain
263 compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression
264 is generally considerably better than that achieved by the bzip2
267 The BusyBox unlzma applet is limited to de-compression only.
268 On an x86 system, this applet adds about 4K.
270 Unless you have a specific application which requires unlzma, you
271 should probably say N here.
273 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LZMA_FAST
274 bool "Optimize unlzma for speed"
276 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNLZMA
278 This option reduces decompression time by about 33% at the cost of
281 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNZIP
285 unzip will list or extract files from a ZIP archive,
286 commonly found on DOS/WIN systems. The default behavior
287 (with no options) is to extract the archive into the
288 current directory. Use the `-d' option to extract to a
289 directory of your choice.