select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
bool "hush"
-config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_LASH
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH
- bool "lash"
+####config FEATURE_SH_IS_LASH
+#### select LASH
+#### bool "lash"
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_MSH
select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
bool "ash"
default y
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
help
Tha 'ash' shell adds about 60k in the default configuration and is
the most complete and most pedantically correct shell included with
- busybox. This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash'
+ busybox. This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash'
shell (by Herbert Xu), which was created by porting the 'ash' shell
(written by Kenneth Almquist) from NetBSD.
comment "Ash Shell Options"
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_BASH_COMPAT
+ bool "bash-compatible extensions"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
+ help
+ Enable bash-compatible extensions.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL
bool "Job control"
default y
'read -s' will read without echoing the user's input.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_READ_TIMEOUT
- bool "'read -t S' support."
+ bool "'read -t S' support"
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
help
default y
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_MATH_SUPPORT
help
- Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell. This will make
+ Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell. This will make
the shell slightly larger, but will allow computation with very
large numbers.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_ECHO
bool "Builtin version of 'echo'"
default y
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ECHO
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
help
Enable support for echo, builtin to ash.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_PRINTF
+ bool "Builtin version of 'printf'"
+ default y
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
+ help
+ Enable support for printf, builtin to ash.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_TEST
bool "Builtin version of 'test'"
default y
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
help
Enable support for test, builtin to ash.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
bool "hush"
default n
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
help
hush is a very small shell (just 18k) and it has fairly complete
- Bourne shell grammar. It even handles all the normal flow control
+ Bourne shell grammar. It even handles all the normal flow control
options such as if/then/elif/else/fi, for/in/do/done, while loops,
- etc.
+ case/esac.
- It does not handle case/esac, select, function, here documents ( <<
+ It uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
+
+ It does not handle select, functions, here documents ( <<
word ), arithmetic expansion, aliases, brace expansion, tilde
expansion, &> and >& redirection of stdout+stderr, etc.
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
help
Enable for, while and until loops in hush.
+ As of 2008-07, break and continue statements are not supported.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH_CASE
+ bool "Support case ... esac statement"
+ default n
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
+ help
+ Enable case ... esac statement in hush. +400 bytes.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH
bool "lash"
default n
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
+ select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH
help
- lash is the very smallest shell (adds just 10k) and it is quite
- usable as a command prompt, but it is not suitable for any but the
- most trivial scripting (such as an initrd that calls insmod a few
- times) since it does not understand any Bourne shell grammar. It
- does handle pipes, redirects, and job control though. Adding in
- command editing makes it a very nice lightweight command prompt.
-
+ lash is deprecated and will be removed, please migrate to hush.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH
bool "msh"
default n
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TRUE
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FALSE
- select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TEST
help
The minix shell (adds just 30k) is quite complete and handles things
like for/do/done, case/esac and all the things you expect a Bourne
- shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne
+ shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne
shell grammar (try running the shell testscript "tests/sh.testcases"
on it and compare vs bash) but for most things it works quite well.
- It also uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
+ It uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
comment "Bourne Shell Options"
depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH
depends on (BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH) && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
help
This option causes busybox shells to use busybox applets
- in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For
+ in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For
example, entering the command 'ifconfig' into the shell would cause
- busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully
+ busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully
qualified executable name, such as '/sbin/ifconfig' will still
- execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option
+ execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option
is generally used when creating a statically linked version of busybox
for use as a rescue shell, in the event that you screw up your system.
started this way).
# untrue?
# Note that this will *also* cause applets to take precedence
-# over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will
+# over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will
# eliminate any performance gained by turning on the builtin "echo"
# and "test" commands in ash.
# untrue?
# Note that when using this option, the shell will attempt to directly
-# run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in
+# run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in
# that exact location with that exact name, this option will not work at
# all.
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_NOFORK
+ bool "Run 'nofork' applets directly"
+ default n
+ depends on (BUSYBOX_CONFIG_MSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LASH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_HUSH || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ASH) && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
+ help
+ This option causes busybox shells [currently only ash]
+ to not execute typical fork/exec/wait sequence, but call <applet>_main
+ directly, if possible. (Sometimes it is not possible: for example,
+ this is not possible in pipes).
+
+ This will be done only for some applets (those which are marked
+ NOFORK in include/applets.h).
+
+ This may significantly speed up some shell scripts.
+
+ This feature is relatively new. Use with care.
+
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CTTYHACK
bool "cttyhack"
default n
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