cat is used to concatenate files and print them to the standard
output. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'cat' utility.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CATV
+ bool "catv"
+ default n
+ help
+ Display nonprinting characters as escape sequences (like some
+ implementations' cat -v option).
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CHGRP
bool "chgrp"
default y
chroot is used to change the root directory and run a command.
The default command is `/bin/sh'.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CKSUM
+ bool "cksum"
+ default n
+ help
+ cksum is used to calculate the CRC32 checksum of a file.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CMP
bool "cmp"
default n
cmp is used to compare two files and returns the result
to standard output.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_COMM
+ bool "comm"
+ default n
+ help
+ comm is used to compare two files line by line and return
+ a three-column output.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CP
bool "cp"
default y
cut is used to print selected parts of lines from
each file to stdout.
-if BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WATCH
- config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DATE
- default y
- comment "date (forced enabled for use with watch)"
-endif
-
-if !CONFIG_WATCH
- config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DATE
- bool "date"
- default y
- help
- date is used to set the system date or display the
- current time in the given format.
-endif
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DATE
+ bool "date"
+ default y
+ help
+ date is used to set the system date or display the
+ current time in the given format.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DATE_ISOFMT
- bool " Enable ISO date format output (-I)"
+ bool "Enable ISO date format output (-I)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DATE
help
by default) using specific input and output blocksizes,
while optionally performing conversions on it.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_SIGNAL_HANDLING
+ bool "Enable DD signal handling for status reporting"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DD
+ help
+ sending a SIGUSR1 signal to a running `dd' process makes it
+ print to standard error the number of records read and written
+ so far, then to resume copying.
+
+ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null& pid=$! $ kill -USR1 $pid; sleep 1; kill $pid
+ 10899206+0 records in 10899206+0 records out
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
+ bool "Enable ibs, obs and conv options"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DD
+ help
+ Enables support for writing a certain number of bytes in and out,
+ at a time, and performing conversions on the data stream.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DF
bool "df"
default y
df reports the amount of disk space used and available
on filesystems.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DIFF
+ bool "diff"
+ default n
+ help
+ diff compares two files or directories and outputs the
+ differences between them in a form that can be given to
+ the patch command.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DIFF_BINARY
+ bool "Enable checks for binary files"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DIFF
+ help
+ This option enables support for checking for binary files
+ before a comparison is carried out.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DIFF_DIR
+ bool "Enable directory support"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DIFF
+ help
+ This option enables support for directory and subdirectory
+ comparison.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DIFF_MINIMAL
+ bool "Enable -d option to find smaller sets of changes"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DIFF
+ help
+ Enabling this option allows the use of -d to make diff
+ try hard to find the smallest possible set of changes.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DIRNAME
bool "dirname"
- default n
+ default y
help
dirname is used to strip a non-directory suffix from
a file name.
bool
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DOS2UNIX
+ help
+ unix2dos is used to convert a text file from UNIX format to
+ DOS format, and vice versa.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DU
bool "du (default blocksize of 512 bytes)"
du is used to report the amount of disk space used
for specified files.
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DU_DEFALT_BLOCKSIZE_1K
- bool " Use a default blocksize of 1024 bytes (1K)"
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DU_DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE_1K
+ bool "Use a default blocksize of 1024 bytes (1K)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DU
help
Use a blocksize of (1K) instead of the default 512b.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ECHO
- bool "echo (basic SUSv3 version taking no options)"
+ bool "echo (basic SuSv3 version taking no options)"
default y
help
echo is used to print a specified string to stdout.
+# this entry also appears in shell/Config.in, next to the echo builtin
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO
- bool " Enable echo options (-n and -e)"
+ bool "Enable echo options (-n and -e)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ECHO
help
a command; without options it displays the current
environment.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ENV_LONG_OPTIONS
+ bool "Enable long options"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ENV && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
+ help
+ Support long options for the env applet.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EXPR
bool "expr"
default y
expr is used to calculate numbers and print the result
to standard output.
-if BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH
- config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
- default y
- comment "false (forced enabled for use with shell)"
-endif
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EXPR_MATH_SUPPORT_64
+ bool "Extend Posix numbers support to 64 bit"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_EXPR
+ help
+ Enable 64-bit math support in the expr applet. This will make
+ the applet slightly larger, but will allow computation with very
+ large numbers.
-if !CONFIG_HUSH && !CONFIG_LASH && !CONFIG_MSH
- config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
- bool "false"
- default y
- help
- false returns an exit code of FALSE (1).
-endif
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
+ bool "false"
+ default y
+ help
+ false returns an exit code of FALSE (1).
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FOLD
bool "fold"
from files.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_HEAD
- bool " Enable head options (-c, -q, and -v)"
+ bool "Enable head options (-c, -q, and -v)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HEAD
help
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ID
bool "id"
- default n
+ default y
help
id displays the current user and group ID names.
help
Copy files and set attributes.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALL_LONG_OPTIONS
+ bool "Enable long options"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_INSTALL && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
+ help
+ Support long options for the install applet.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LENGTH
bool "length"
default y
ls is used to list the contents of directories.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_FILETYPES
- bool " Enable filetyping options (-p and -F)"
+ bool "Enable filetyping options (-p and -F)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
help
Enable the ls options (-p and -F).
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_FOLLOWLINKS
- bool " Enable symlinks dereferencing (-L)"
+ bool "Enable symlinks dereferencing (-L)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
help
Enable the ls option (-L).
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_RECURSIVE
- bool " Enable recursion (-R)"
+ bool "Enable recursion (-R)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
help
Enable the ls option (-R).
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_SORTFILES
- bool " Sort the file names"
+ bool "Sort the file names"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
help
Allow ls to sort file names alphabetically.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_TIMESTAMPS
- bool " Show file timestamps"
+ bool "Show file timestamps"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
help
Allow ls to display timestamps for files.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_USERNAME
- bool " Show username/groupnames"
+ bool "Show username/groupnames"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
help
Allow ls to display username/groupname for files.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_COLOR
- bool " Use color to identify file types"
+ bool "Allow use of color to identify file types"
default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
+ help
+ This enables the --color option to ls.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_COLOR_IS_DEFAULT
+ bool "Produce colored ls output by default"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_COLOR
help
- Allow ls to use color when displaying files.
+ Saying yes here will turn coloring on by default,
+ even if no "--color" option is given to the ls command.
+ This is not recommended, since the colors are not
+ configurable, and the output may not be legible on
+ many output screens.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MD5SUM
bool "md5sum"
help
mkdir is used to create directories with the specified names.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MKDIR_LONG_OPTIONS
+ bool "Enable long options"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKDIR && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
+ help
+ Support long options for the mkdir applet.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKFIFO
bool "mkfifo"
default y
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MKNOD
bool "mknod"
- default n
+ default y
help
mknod is used to create FIFOs or block/character special
files with the specified names.
help
mv is used to move or rename files or directories.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MV_LONG_OPTIONS
+ bool "Enable long options"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MV && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
+ help
+ Support long options for the mv applet.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NICE
+ bool "nice"
+ default n
+ help
+ nice runs a program with modified scheduling priority.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NOHUP
+ bool "nohup"
+ default n
+ help
+ run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_OD
bool "od"
default n
help
od is used to dump binary files in octal and other formats.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PRINTENV
+ bool "printenv"
+ default n
+ help
+ printenv is used to print all or part of environment.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PRINTF
bool "printf"
- default n
+ default y
help
printf is used to format and print specified strings.
It's similar to `echo' except it has more options.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SEQ
bool "seq"
- default n
+ default y
help
print a sequence of numbers
sleep is used to pause for a specified number of seconds,
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_SLEEP
- bool " Enable multiple integer args and optional time suffixes"
+ bool "Enable multiple integer args and optional time suffixes"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SLEEP
help
help
sort is used to sort lines of text in specified files.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SORT_BIG
+ bool "full SuSv3 compliant sort (Support -ktcsbdfiozgM)"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SORT
+ help
+ Without this, sort only supports -r, -u, and an integer version
+ of -n. Selecting this adds sort keys, floating point support, and
+ more. This adds a little over 3k to a nonstatic build on x86.
+
+ The SuSv3 sort standard is available at:
+ http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/sort.html
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STAT
+ bool "stat"
+ default n
+ help
+ display file or filesystem status.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT
+ bool "Enable custom formats (-c)"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STAT
+ help
+ Without this, stat will not support the '-c format' option where
+ users can pass a custom format string for output. This adds about
+ 7k to a nonstatic build on amd64.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_STTY
bool "stty"
default n
help
stty is used to change and print terminal line settings.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SUM
+ bool "sum"
+ default n
+ help
+ checksum and count the blocks in a file
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYNC
bool "sync"
default y
from files.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
- bool " Enable extra tail options (-q, -s, and -v)"
+ bool "Enable extra tail options (-q, -s, and -v)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAIL
help
to standard output and files.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TEE_USE_BLOCK_IO
- bool " Enable block i/o (larger/faster) instead of byte i/o."
+ bool "Enable block i/o (larger/faster) instead of byte i/o."
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEE
help
Enable this option for a faster tee, at expense of size.
-if BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH
- config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
- default y
- comment "test (forced enabled for use with shell)"
-endif
-
-if !CONFIG_ASH && !CONFIG_HUSH && !CONFIG_LASH && !CONFIG_MSH
- config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
- bool "test"
- default y
- help
- test is used to check file types and compare values,
- returning an appropriate exit code. The shells (ash
- and bash) have test builtin.
-endif
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
+ bool "test"
+ default y
+ help
+ test is used to check file types and compare values,
+ returning an appropriate exit code. The bash shell
+ has test built in, ash can build it in optionally.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TEST_64
- bool " Extend test to 64 bit"
+ bool "Extend test to 64 bit"
default n
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
help
tr is used to squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard
input, writing to standard output.
-if BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH
- config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
- default y
- comment "true (forced enabled for use with shell)"
-endif
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TR_CLASSES
+ bool "Enable character classes (such as [:upper:])"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TR
+ help
+ Enable character classes, enabling commands such as:
+ tr [:upper:] [:lower:] to convert input into lowercase.
-if !CONFIG_HUSH && !CONFIG_LASH && !CONFIG_MSH
- config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
- bool "true"
- default y
- help
- true returns an exit code of TRUE (0).
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TR_EQUIV
+ bool "Enable equivalence classes"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TR
+ help
+ Enable equivalence classes, which essentially add the enclosed
+ character to the current set. For instance, tr [=a=] xyz would
+ replace all instances of 'a' with 'xyz'. This option is mainly
+ useful for cases when no other way of expressing a character
+ is possible.
-endif
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
+ bool "true"
+ default y
+ help
+ true returns an exit code of TRUE (0).
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TTY
bool "tty"
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WATCH
bool "watch"
default n
+ select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DATE
help
watch is used to execute a program periodically, showing
output to the screen.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WHO
bool "who"
default n
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_U_W_TMP
+ select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_UTMP
help
who is used to show who is logged on.
the default string `y'.
comment "Common options for cp and mv"
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MV
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MV
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PRESERVE_HARDLINKS
- bool " Preserve hard links"
+ bool "Preserve hard links"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CP || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MV
help
Allow cp and mv to preserve hard links.
-comment "Common options for ls and more"
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MORE
+comment "Common options for ls, more and telnet"
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MORE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
- bool " Calculate terminal & column widths"
+ bool "Calculate terminal & column widths"
default y
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MORE
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MORE || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TELNET
help
- This option allows utilities such as 'ls' and 'more' to determine the
- width of the screen, which can allow them to display additional text
- or avoid wrapping text onto the next line. If you leave this
- disabled, your utilities will be especially primitive and will be
- unable to determine the current screen width.
+ This option allows utilities such as 'ls', 'more' and 'telnet'
+ to determine the width of the screen, which can allow them to
+ display additional text or avoid wrapping text onto the next line.
+ If you leave this disabled, your utilities will be especially
+ primitive and will be unable to determine the current screen width.
comment "Common options for df, du, ls"
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DF || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DU || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DF || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DU || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE
- bool " Support for human readable output (example 13k, 23M, 235G)"
+ bool "Support for human readable output (example 13k, 23M, 235G)"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DF || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DU || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LS
help
Allow df, du, and ls to have human readable output.
comment "Common options for md5sum, sha1sum"
- depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MD5SUM || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SHA1SUM
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MD5SUM || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SHA1SUM
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_MD5_SHA1_SUM_CHECK
- bool " Enable -c, -s and -w options"
+ bool "Enable -c, -s and -w options"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MD5SUM || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SHA1SUM
help