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Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +00001#
2# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
4#
5
Mike Frysinger9ac178a2005-09-24 05:49:36 +00006menu "Shells"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +00007
8choice
9 prompt "Choose your default shell"
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000010 default FEATURE_SH_IS_NONE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000011 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +000012 Choose a shell. The ash shell is the most bash compatible
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000013 and full featured one.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000014
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000015config FEATURE_SH_IS_ASH
16 select ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000017 bool "ash"
18
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000019config FEATURE_SH_IS_HUSH
20 select HUSH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000021 bool "hush"
22
Denis Vlasenko96702ca2007-11-23 23:28:55 +000023####config FEATURE_SH_IS_LASH
24#### select LASH
25#### bool "lash"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000026
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000027config FEATURE_SH_IS_MSH
28 select MSH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000029 bool "msh"
30
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000031config FEATURE_SH_IS_NONE
Eric Andersena6b90512002-12-06 21:49:59 +000032 bool "none"
33
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000034endchoice
35
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000036config ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000037 bool "ash"
Rob Landley49576c02006-01-30 06:11:42 +000038 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000039 select TEST
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000040 help
Eric Andersenb287e2e2003-08-08 23:40:12 +000041 Tha 'ash' shell adds about 60k in the default configuration and is
42 the most complete and most pedantically correct shell included with
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +000043 busybox. This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash'
44 shell (by Herbert Xu), which was created by porting the 'ash' shell
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +000045 (written by Kenneth Almquist) from NetBSD.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000046
47comment "Ash Shell Options"
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000048 depends on ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000049
Denis Vlasenko92e13c22008-03-25 01:17:40 +000050config ASH_BASH_COMPAT
51 bool "bash-compatible extensions"
52 default y
53 depends on ASH
54 help
55 Enable bash-conpatible extensions.
56
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000057config ASH_JOB_CONTROL
Paul Fox7ba12c62006-06-08 21:48:47 +000058 bool "Job control"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000059 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000060 depends on ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000061 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +000062 Enable job control in the ash shell.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000063
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000064config ASH_READ_NCHARS
Paul Fox7ba12c62006-06-08 21:48:47 +000065 bool "'read -n N' and 'read -s' support"
Mike Frysinger9ac178a2005-09-24 05:49:36 +000066 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000067 depends on ASH
Mike Frysinger9ac178a2005-09-24 05:49:36 +000068 help
Paul Fox02eb9342005-09-07 16:56:02 +000069 'read -n N' will return a value after N characters have been read.
70 'read -s' will read without echoing the user's input.
Ned Ludd2123b7c2005-02-09 21:07:23 +000071
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000072config ASH_READ_TIMEOUT
Paul Fox7ba12c62006-06-08 21:48:47 +000073 bool "'read -t S' support."
Mike Frysinger9ac178a2005-09-24 05:49:36 +000074 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000075 depends on ASH
Mike Frysinger9ac178a2005-09-24 05:49:36 +000076 help
Paul Fox02eb9342005-09-07 16:56:02 +000077 'read -t S' will return a value after S seconds have passed.
78 This implementation will allow fractional seconds, expressed
79 as a decimal fraction, e.g. 'read -t 2.5 foo'.
Ned Ludd2123b7c2005-02-09 21:07:23 +000080
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000081config ASH_ALIAS
Paul Fox7ba12c62006-06-08 21:48:47 +000082 bool "alias support"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000083 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000084 depends on ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000085 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +000086 Enable alias support in the ash shell.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000087
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000088config ASH_MATH_SUPPORT
Paul Fox7ba12c62006-06-08 21:48:47 +000089 bool "Posix math support"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000090 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000091 depends on ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000092 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +000093 Enable math support in the ash shell.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +000094
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000095config ASH_MATH_SUPPORT_64
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +000096 bool "Extend Posix math support to 64 bit"
Eric Andersened9ecf72004-06-22 08:29:45 +000097 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +000098 depends on ASH_MATH_SUPPORT
Eric Andersened9ecf72004-06-22 08:29:45 +000099 help
100 Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell. This will make
101 the shell slightly larger, but will allow computation with very
102 large numbers.
103
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000104config ASH_GETOPTS
Paul Fox6ab03782006-06-08 21:37:26 +0000105 bool "Builtin getopt to parse positional parameters"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000106 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000107 depends on ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000108 help
Glenn L McGrath53090cd2004-09-24 09:09:44 +0000109 Enable getopts builtin in the ash shell.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000110
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000111config ASH_BUILTIN_ECHO
Paul Fox6ab03782006-06-08 21:37:26 +0000112 bool "Builtin version of 'echo'"
113 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000114 select ECHO
115 depends on ASH
Paul Fox6ab03782006-06-08 21:37:26 +0000116 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischereb10e172007-01-29 23:56:13 +0000117 Enable support for echo, builtin to ash.
Paul Fox6ab03782006-06-08 21:37:26 +0000118
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000119config ASH_BUILTIN_TEST
Paul Fox6ab03782006-06-08 21:37:26 +0000120 bool "Builtin version of 'test'"
121 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000122 select TEST
123 depends on ASH
Paul Fox6ab03782006-06-08 21:37:26 +0000124 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischereb10e172007-01-29 23:56:13 +0000125 Enable support for test, builtin to ash.
Paul Fox6ab03782006-06-08 21:37:26 +0000126
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000127config ASH_CMDCMD
Paul Fox7ba12c62006-06-08 21:48:47 +0000128 bool "'command' command to override shell builtins"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000129 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000130 depends on ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000131 help
Eric Andersen3857a182003-07-22 10:14:32 +0000132 Enable support for the ash 'command' builtin, which allows
133 you to run the specified command with the specified arguments,
134 even when there is an ash builtin command with the same name.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000135
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000136config ASH_MAIL
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000137 bool "Check for new mail on interactive shells"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000138 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000139 depends on ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000140 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000141 Enable "check for new mail" in the ash shell.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000142
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000143config ASH_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000144 bool "Optimize for size instead of speed"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000145 default y
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000146 depends on ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000147 help
Rob Landley32251b42006-02-08 18:34:21 +0000148 Compile ash for reduced size at the price of speed.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000149
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000150config ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT
Paul Fox7ba12c62006-06-08 21:48:47 +0000151 bool "Pseudorandom generator and variable $RANDOM"
Eric Andersen16767e22004-03-16 05:14:10 +0000152 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000153 depends on ASH
Eric Andersen16767e22004-03-16 05:14:10 +0000154 help
155 Enable pseudorandom generator and dynamic variable "$RANDOM".
156 Each read of "$RANDOM" will generate a new pseudorandom value.
157 You can reset the generator by using a specified start value.
158 After "unset RANDOM" then generator will switch off and this
159 variable will no longer have special treatment.
160
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000161config ASH_EXPAND_PRMT
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000162 bool "Expand prompt string"
"Vladimir N. Oleynik"bef14d72005-09-05 13:25:11 +0000163 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000164 depends on ASH
"Vladimir N. Oleynik"bef14d72005-09-05 13:25:11 +0000165 help
Rob Landley32251b42006-02-08 18:34:21 +0000166 "PS#" may be contain volatile content, such as backquote commands.
167 This option recreates the prompt string from the environment
168 variable each time it is displayed.
"Vladimir N. Oleynik"bef14d72005-09-05 13:25:11 +0000169
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000170config HUSH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000171 bool "hush"
172 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000173 select TRUE
174 select FALSE
175 select TEST
Denis Vlasenko5bc593c2007-11-23 21:20:21 +0000176 select ECHO
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000177 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000178 hush is a very small shell (just 18k) and it has fairly complete
179 Bourne shell grammar. It even handles all the normal flow control
180 options such as if/then/elif/else/fi, for/in/do/done, while loops,
181 etc.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000182
Eric Andersenb287e2e2003-08-08 23:40:12 +0000183 It does not handle case/esac, select, function, here documents ( <<
184 word ), arithmetic expansion, aliases, brace expansion, tilde
185 expansion, &> and >& redirection of stdout+stderr, etc.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000186
Denis Vlasenko06810332007-05-21 23:30:54 +0000187config HUSH_HELP
188 bool "help builtin"
189 default n
Denis Vlasenko42bffbf2007-06-08 08:02:53 +0000190 depends on HUSH
Denis Vlasenko06810332007-05-21 23:30:54 +0000191 help
192 Enable help builtin in hush. Code size + ~1 kbyte.
193
Denis Vlasenkob81b3df2007-04-28 16:48:04 +0000194config HUSH_INTERACTIVE
195 bool "Interactive mode"
196 default y
197 depends on HUSH
198 help
Denis Vlasenkoe3f2f892007-04-28 16:48:27 +0000199 Enable interactive mode (prompt and command editing).
200 Without this, hush simply reads and executes commands
201 from stdin just like a shell script from the file.
202 No prompt, no PS1/PS2 magic shell variables.
203
204config HUSH_JOB
205 bool "Job control"
206 default n
207 depends on HUSH_INTERACTIVE
208 help
209 Enable job control: Ctrl-Z backgrounds, Ctrl-C interrupts current
210 command (not entire shell), fg/bg builtins work. Without this option,
211 "cmd &" still works by simply spawning a process and immediately
212 prompting for next command (or executing next command in a script),
213 but no separate process group is formed.
Denis Vlasenkob81b3df2007-04-28 16:48:04 +0000214
Denis Vlasenko14b5dd92007-05-20 21:51:38 +0000215config HUSH_TICK
216 bool "Process substitution"
217 default n
Denis Vlasenko42bffbf2007-06-08 08:02:53 +0000218 depends on HUSH
Denis Vlasenko14b5dd92007-05-20 21:51:38 +0000219 help
220 Enable process substitution `command` and $(command) in hush.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000221
Denis Vlasenko06810332007-05-21 23:30:54 +0000222config HUSH_IF
223 bool "Support if/then/elif/else/fi"
224 default n
Denis Vlasenko42bffbf2007-06-08 08:02:53 +0000225 depends on HUSH
Denis Vlasenko06810332007-05-21 23:30:54 +0000226 help
227 Enable if/then/elif/else/fi in hush.
228
229config HUSH_LOOPS
230 bool "Support for, while and until loops"
231 default n
Denis Vlasenko42bffbf2007-06-08 08:02:53 +0000232 depends on HUSH
Denis Vlasenko06810332007-05-21 23:30:54 +0000233 help
234 Enable for, while and until loops in hush.
235
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000236config LASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000237 bool "lash"
238 default n
Denis Vlasenko96702ca2007-11-23 23:28:55 +0000239 select HUSH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000240 help
Denis Vlasenko96702ca2007-11-23 23:28:55 +0000241 lash is deprecated and will be removed, please migrate to hush.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000242
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000243
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000244config MSH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000245 bool "msh"
246 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000247 select TRUE
248 select FALSE
249 select TEST
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000250 help
Eric Andersenb287e2e2003-08-08 23:40:12 +0000251 The minix shell (adds just 30k) is quite complete and handles things
252 like for/do/done, case/esac and all the things you expect a Bourne
253 shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000254 shell grammar (try running the shell testscript "tests/sh.testcases"
Eric Andersenb287e2e2003-08-08 23:40:12 +0000255 on it and compare vs bash) but for most things it works quite well.
256 It also uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000257
258comment "Bourne Shell Options"
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000259 depends on MSH || LASH || HUSH || ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000260
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000261config FEATURE_SH_EXTRA_QUIET
Glenn L McGrath3b251852004-01-03 12:07:32 +0000262 bool "Hide message on interactive shell startup"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000263 default n
Denis Vlasenko7d219aa2006-10-05 10:17:08 +0000264 depends on MSH || LASH || HUSH || ASH
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000265 help
Glenn L McGrath3b251852004-01-03 12:07:32 +0000266 Remove the busybox introduction when starting a shell.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000267
Denis Vlasenko80d14be2007-04-10 23:03:30 +0000268config FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000269 bool "Standalone shell"
270 default n
Denis Vlasenko80d14be2007-04-10 23:03:30 +0000271 depends on (MSH || LASH || HUSH || ASH) && FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000272 help
Denis Vlasenko92c0b822007-05-08 17:27:17 +0000273 This option causes busybox shells to use busybox applets
Eric Andersen075dd812004-04-07 09:34:27 +0000274 in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For
275 example, entering the command 'ifconfig' into the shell would cause
276 busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully
277 qualified executable name, such as '/sbin/ifconfig' will still
278 execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option
Rob Landley06ec8cf2006-03-03 19:02:50 +0000279 is generally used when creating a statically linked version of busybox
Eric Andersen075dd812004-04-07 09:34:27 +0000280 for use as a rescue shell, in the event that you screw up your system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000281
Denis Vlasenko92c0b822007-05-08 17:27:17 +0000282 This is implemented by re-execing /proc/self/exe (typically)
283 with right parameters. Some selected applets ("NOFORK" applets)
284 can even be executed without creating new process.
285 Instead, busybox will call <applet>_main() internally.
Paul Fox6ab03782006-06-08 21:37:26 +0000286
Denis Vlasenko92c0b822007-05-08 17:27:17 +0000287 However, this causes problems in chroot jails without mounted /proc
288 and with ps/top (command name can be shown as 'exe' for applets
289 started this way).
290# untrue?
291# Note that this will *also* cause applets to take precedence
292# over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will
293# eliminate any performance gained by turning on the builtin "echo"
294# and "test" commands in ash.
295# untrue?
296# Note that when using this option, the shell will attempt to directly
297# run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in
298# that exact location with that exact name, this option will not work at
299# all.
Eric Andersen6f8542b2004-09-24 01:25:39 +0000300
Denis Vlasenko6d709972007-05-18 09:45:36 +0000301config CTTYHACK
302 bool "cttyhack"
303 default n
304 help
305 One common problem reported on the mailing list is "can't access tty;
306 job control turned off" error message which typically appears when
307 one tries to use shell with stdin/stdout opened to /dev/console.
308 This device is special - it cannot be a controlling tty.
309
310 Proper solution is to use correct device instead of /dev/console.
311
312 cttyhack provides "quick and dirty" solution to this problem.
313 It analyzes stdin with various ioctls, trying to determine whether
314 it is a /dev/ttyN or /dev/ttySN (virtual terminal or serial line).
315 If it detects one, it closes stdin/out/err and reopens that device.
316 Then it executes given program. Usage example for /etc/inittab
317 (for busybox init):
318
319 ::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh
320
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000321endmenu