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Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]1#
2# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
4#
5
6menu "Miscellaneous Utilities"
7
8config CONFIG_ADJTIMEX
9 bool "adjtimex"
10 default n
11 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]12 Adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for
13 the Linux clock adjustment algorithm.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]14
Mike Frysinger9ed10942005-09-18 04:43:32 +0000[diff] [blame]15config CONFIG_BBCONFIG
16 bool "bbconfig"
17 default n
18 help
19 The bbconfig applet will print the config file with which
20 busybox was built.
21
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]22config CONFIG_CROND
23 bool "crond"
24 default n
Eric Andersen13879102004-08-26 23:13:00 +0000[diff] [blame]25 select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]26 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]27 Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
28 files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question.
Eric Andersen98e4eab2004-07-20 08:07:10 +0000[diff] [blame]29 This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the
30 format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example:
31 $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
32 # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day:
33 40 4 * * * /etc/cron/daily > /dev/null 2>&1
Eric Andersen13879102004-08-26 23:13:00 +0000[diff] [blame]34 Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
35 work properly.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]36
Bernhard Reutner-Fischeref216292006-05-20 14:14:05 +0000[diff] [blame]37config CONFIG_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION
38 bool "Support debug option -d"
39 depends on CONFIG_CROND
40 default n
41 help
42 Support option -d to enter debug mode.
43
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000[diff] [blame]44config CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]45 bool "Using /usr/sbin/sendmail?"
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000[diff] [blame]46 default n
47 depends on CONFIG_CROND
48 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]49 Support calling /usr/sbin/sendmail for send cmd outputs.
Eric Andersen35e643b2003-07-28 07:40:39 +0000[diff] [blame]50
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]51config CONFIG_CRONTAB
52 bool "crontab"
53 default n
Eric Andersen576db482005-06-23 18:58:57 +0000[diff] [blame]54 select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]55 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]56 Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
57 the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]58
59config CONFIG_DC
60 bool "dc"
61 default n
62 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]63 Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited
64 precision arithmetic.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]65
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]66config CONFIG_DEVFSD
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]67 bool "devfsd (obsolete)"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]68 default n
69 help
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]70 This is deprecated, and will be going away in a future release.
71
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]72 Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems.
73 You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled.
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]74 The following keywords in devsfd.conf are supported:
75 "CLEAR_CONFIG", "INCLUDE", "OPTIONAL_INCLUDE", "RESTORE",
76 "PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE",
77 "MKOLDCOMPAT", "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT".
78
79 But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!!
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]80
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]81config CONFIG_DEVFSD_MODLOAD
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]82 bool "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf"
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]83 default n
84 depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
85 help
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]86 This actually doesn't work with busybox modutils but needs
87 the external modutils.
Glenn L McGrath3860b2e2003-11-30 23:46:06 +0000[diff] [blame]88
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]89config CONFIG_DEVFSD_FG_NP
90 bool "Enables the -fg and -np options"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]91 default n
92 depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
93 help
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]94 -fg Run the daemon in the foreground.
95 -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. Do not poll for events.
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]96
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]97config CONFIG_DEVFSD_VERBOSE
98 bool "Increases logging (and size)"
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]99 default n
100 depends on CONFIG_DEVFSD
101 help
Eric Andersenf18bd892003-12-19 11:07:59 +0000[diff] [blame]102 Increases logging to stderr or syslog.
Glenn L McGrath17d21fa2003-10-09 11:46:23 +0000[diff] [blame]103
Rob Landley4c5ad2f2006-06-07 20:11:53 +0000[diff] [blame]104config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
105 bool " Use devfs names for all devices (obsolete)"
106 default n
107 help
108 This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
109 /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
110 devfs names, you don't want this.
111
112 This is obsolete and will be going away someday. Consider it
113 deprecated.
114
Mike Frysinger55e2cf62005-05-11 00:25:47 +0000[diff] [blame]115config CONFIG_EJECT
116 bool "eject"
117 default n
118 help
119 Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
120
Eric Andersen2e9c2572003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000[diff] [blame]121config CONFIG_LAST
122 bool "last"
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]123 default n
Mike Frysinger8deb6862005-07-01 01:04:32 +0000[diff] [blame]124 select CONFIG_FEATURE_WTMP
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]125 help
Eric Andersen2e9c2572003-08-08 22:26:06 +0000[diff] [blame]126 'last' displays a list of the last users that logged into the system.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]127
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]128config CONFIG_LESS
129 bool "less"
130 default n
131 help
132 'less' is a pager, meaning that it displays text files. It possesses
133 a wide array of features, and is an improvement over 'more'.
134
135config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_BRACKETS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]136 bool "Enable bracket searching"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]137 default y
138 depends on CONFIG_LESS
139 help
140 This option adds the capability to search for matching left and right
141 brackets, facilitating programming.
142
143config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_FLAGS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]144 bool "Enable extra flags"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]145 default y
146 depends on CONFIG_LESS
147 help
148 The extra flags provided do the following:
149
150 The -M flag enables a more sophisticated status line.
151 The -m flag enables a simpler status line with a percentage.
152
153config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_FLAGCS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]154 bool "Enable flag changes"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]155 default n
156 depends on CONFIG_LESS
157 help
158 This enables the ability to change command-line flags within
159 less itself.
160
161config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_MARKS
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]162 bool "Enable marks"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]163 default n
164 depends on CONFIG_LESS
165 help
166 Marks enable positions in a file to be stored for easy reference.
167
168config CONFIG_FEATURE_LESS_REGEXP
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]169 bool "Enable regular expressions"
Rob Landley9200e792005-09-15 19:26:59 +0000[diff] [blame]170 default n
171 depends on CONFIG_LESS
172 help
173 Enable regular expressions, allowing complex file searches.
174
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]175config CONFIG_HDPARM
176 bool "hdparm"
177 default n
178 help
179 Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA
Eric Andersenc7bda1c2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000[diff] [blame]180 drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]181 CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option)....
182
183config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]184 bool "Support obtaining detailed information directly from drives"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]185 default y
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000[diff] [blame]186 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]187 help
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000[diff] [blame]188 Enables the -I and -i options to obtain detailed information
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]189 directly from drives about their capabilities and supported ATA
Rob Landley06208412006-05-31 22:52:57 +0000[diff] [blame]190 feature set. If no device name is specified, hdparm will read
191 identify data from stdin. Enabling this option will add about 16k...
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]192
193config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_SCAN_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]194 bool "Register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]195 default n
196 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
197 help
198 Enables the 'hdparm -R' option to register an IDE interface.
199 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
200
201config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_UNREGISTER_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]202 bool "Un-register an IDE interface (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]203 default n
204 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
205 help
206 Enables the 'hdparm -U' option to un-register an IDE interface.
207 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
208
209config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]210 bool "perform device reset (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]211 default n
212 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
213 help
214 Enables the 'hdparm -w' option to perform a device reset.
215 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
216
217config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]218 bool "tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen3443bd72003-07-22 07:30:36 +0000[diff] [blame]219 default n
220 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
221 help
222 Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap,
223 and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous
224 stuff, so you should probably say N.
225
Eric Andersen0a57a792003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]226config CONFIG_FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA
Rob Landley2ec922e2006-04-13 23:22:16 +0000[diff] [blame]227 bool "get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)"
Eric Andersen0a57a792003-08-06 08:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]228 default n
229 depends on CONFIG_HDPARM
230 help
231 Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag.
232 This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
233
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]234config CONFIG_MAKEDEVS
235 bool "makedevs"
236 default n
237 help
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]238 'makedevs' is a utility used to create a batch of devices with
239 one command.
240 .
241 There are two choices for command line behaviour, the interface
242 as used by LEAF/Linux Router Project, or a device table file.
Tim Rikerc1ef7bd2006-01-25 00:08:53 +0000[diff] [blame]243 .
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]244 'leaf' is traditionally what busybox follows, it allows multiple
245 devices of a particluar type to be created per command.
246 e.g. /dev/hda[0-9]
247 Device properties are passed as command line arguments.
248 .
249 'table' reads device properties from a file or stdin, allowing
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer771b1862006-03-24 14:30:05 +0000[diff] [blame]250 a batch of unrelated devices to be made with one command.
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]251 User/group names are allowed as an alternative to uid/gid.
252
253choice
254 prompt "Choose makedevs behaviour"
Eric Andersen1b7058c2005-07-18 09:36:49 +0000[diff] [blame]255 depends CONFIG_MAKEDEVS
256 default CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
Eric Andersen3d925622005-06-09 10:16:02 +0000[diff] [blame]257
258config CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_LEAF
259 bool "leaf"
260
261config CONFIG_FEATURE_MAKEDEVS_TABLE
262 bool "table"
263
264endchoice
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]265
Rob Landleyd00b3a52005-08-20 05:07:08 +0000[diff] [blame]266config CONFIG_MOUNTPOINT
267 bool "mountpoint"
268 default n
269 help
270 mountpoint checks if the directory is a mountpoint.
271
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]272config CONFIG_MT
273 bool "mt"
274 default n
275 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]276 mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]277 to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive
278 files on the tape.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]279
Rob Landley51be57e2006-02-23 00:42:25 +0000[diff] [blame]280config CONFIG_RUNLEVEL
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer62d7acc2005-10-28 20:37:03 +0000[diff] [blame]281 bool "runlevel"
282 default n
283 help
284 find the current and previous system runlevel.
285
286 This applet uses utmp but does not rely on busybox supporing
287 utmp on purpose. It is used by e.g. emdebian via /etc/init.d/rc.
288
Glenn L McGrath8f3bc4c2003-12-20 07:30:35 +0000[diff] [blame]289config CONFIG_RX
290 bool "rx"
291 default n
292 help
293 Receive files using the Xmodem protocol.
294
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]295config CONFIG_STRINGS
296 bool "strings"
297 default n
298 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]299 strings prints the printable character sequences for each file
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]300 specified.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]301
Paul Fox42403642005-08-01 22:52:09 +0000[diff] [blame]302config CONFIG_SETSID
303 bool "setsid"
304 default n
305 help
306 setsid runs a program in a new session
307
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer16d3e4e2006-06-07 15:44:59 +0000[diff] [blame]308config CONFIG_TASKSET
309 bool "taskset"
310 default n
311 help
Bernhard Reutner-Fischerf915a772006-06-07 21:26:09 +0000[diff] [blame]312 Retrieve or set a processes's CPU affinity
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer16d3e4e2006-06-07 15:44:59 +0000[diff] [blame]313
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]314config CONFIG_TIME
315 bool "time"
316 default n
317 help
Eric Andersene5642112003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000[diff] [blame]318 The time command runs the specified program with the given arguments.
319 When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output
320 giving timing statistics about this program run.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]321
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]322config CONFIG_WATCHDOG
323 bool "watchdog"
324 default n
325 help
Eric Andersen88c916b2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000[diff] [blame]326 The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog
Eric Andersen795c4ba2003-07-22 10:11:48 +0000[diff] [blame]327 device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file
328 and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the
329 watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a
Eric Andersenac00aa72003-07-26 08:07:56 +0000[diff] [blame]330 certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has
331 hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]332
333endmenu
334