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# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
# see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
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menu "Coreutils"
config BASENAME
bool "basename"
default n
help
basename is used to strip the directory and suffix from filenames,
leaving just the filename itself. Enable this option if you wish
to enable the 'basename' utility.
config CAL
bool "cal"
default n
help
cal is used to display a monthly calender.
config CAT
bool "cat"
default n
help
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 CATV
bool "catv"
default n
help
Display nonprinting characters as escape sequences (like some
implementations' cat -v option).
config CHGRP
bool "chgrp"
default n
help
chgrp is used to change the group ownership of files.
config CHMOD
bool "chmod"
default n
help
chmod is used to change the access permission of files.
config CHOWN
bool "chown"
default n
help
chown is used to change the user and/or group ownership
of files.
config CHROOT
bool "chroot"
default n
help
chroot is used to change the root directory and run a command.
The default command is `/bin/sh'.
config CKSUM
bool "cksum"
default n
help
cksum is used to calculate the CRC32 checksum of a file.
config COMM
bool "comm"
default n
help
comm is used to compare two files line by line and return
a three-column output.
config CP
bool "cp"
default n
help
cp is used to copy files and directories.
config CUT
bool "cut"
default n
help
cut is used to print selected parts of lines from
each file to stdout.
config DATE
bool "date"
default n
help
date is used to set the system date or display the
current time in the given format.
config FEATURE_DATE_ISOFMT
bool "Enable ISO date format output (-I)"
default y
depends on DATE
help
Enable option (-I) to output an ISO-8601 compliant
date/time string.
config DD
bool "dd"
default n
help
dd copies a file (from standard input to standard output,
by default) using specific input and output blocksizes,
while optionally performing conversions on it.
config FEATURE_DD_SIGNAL_HANDLING
bool "Enable DD signal handling for status reporting"
default y
depends on 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 FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
bool "Enable ibs, obs and conv options"
default n
depends on 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 DF
bool "df"
default n
help
df reports the amount of disk space used and available
on filesystems.
config FEATURE_DF_INODE
bool "Enable -i (inode information)"
default n
depends on DF
help
This option enables support for df -i.
config DIRNAME
bool "dirname"
default n
help
dirname is used to strip a non-directory suffix from
a file name.
config DOS2UNIX
bool "dos2unix/unix2dos"
default n
help
dos2unix is used to convert a text file from DOS format to
UNIX format, and vice versa.
config UNIX2DOS
bool
default y
depends on DOS2UNIX
help
unix2dos is used to convert a text file from UNIX format to
DOS format, and vice versa.
config DU
bool "du (default blocksize of 512 bytes)"
default n
help
du is used to report the amount of disk space used
for specified files.
config FEATURE_DU_DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE_1K
bool "Use a default blocksize of 1024 bytes (1K)"
default y
depends on DU
help
Use a blocksize of (1K) instead of the default 512b.
config ECHO
bool "echo (basic SuSv3 version taking no options)"
default n
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 FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO
bool "Enable echo options (-n and -e)"
default y
depends on ECHO
help
This adds options (-n and -e) to echo.
config ENV
bool "env"
default n
help
env is used to set an environment variable and run
a command; without options it displays the current
environment.
config FEATURE_ENV_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
default n
depends on ENV && GETOPT_LONG
help
Support long options for the env applet.
config EXPAND
bool "expand"
default n
help
By default, convert all tabs to spaces.
config FEATURE_EXPAND_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
default n
depends on EXPAND && GETOPT_LONG
help
Support long options for the expand applet.
config EXPR
bool "expr"
default n
help
expr is used to calculate numbers and print the result
to standard output.
config EXPR_MATH_SUPPORT_64
bool "Extend Posix numbers support to 64 bit"
default n
depends on 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.
config FALSE
bool "false"
default n
help
false returns an exit code of FALSE (1).
config FOLD
bool "fold"
default n
help
Wrap text to fit a specific width.
config HEAD
bool "head"
default n
help
head is used to print the first specified number of lines
from files.
config FEATURE_FANCY_HEAD
bool "Enable head options (-c, -q, and -v)"
default n
depends on HEAD
help
This enables the head options (-c, -q, and -v).
config HOSTID
bool "hostid"
default n
help
hostid prints the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) for
the current host.
config ID
bool "id"
default n
help
id displays the current user and group ID names.
config INSTALL
bool "install"
default n
help
Copy files and set attributes.
config FEATURE_INSTALL_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
default n
depends on INSTALL && GETOPT_LONG
help
Support long options for the install applet.
config LENGTH
bool "length"
default n
help
length is used to print out the length of a specified string.
config LN
bool "ln"
default n
help
ln is used to create hard or soft links between files.
config LOGNAME
bool "logname"
default n
help
logname is used to print the current user's login name.
config LS
bool "ls"
default n
help
ls is used to list the contents of directories.
config FEATURE_LS_FILETYPES
bool "Enable filetyping options (-p and -F)"
default y
depends on LS
help
Enable the ls options (-p and -F).
config FEATURE_LS_FOLLOWLINKS
bool "Enable symlinks dereferencing (-L)"
default y
depends on LS
help
Enable the ls option (-L).
config FEATURE_LS_RECURSIVE
bool "Enable recursion (-R)"
default y
depends on LS
help
Enable the ls option (-R).
config FEATURE_LS_SORTFILES
bool "Sort the file names"
default y
depends on LS
help
Allow ls to sort file names alphabetically.
config FEATURE_LS_TIMESTAMPS
bool "Show file timestamps"
default y
depends on LS
help
Allow ls to display timestamps for files.
config FEATURE_LS_USERNAME
bool "Show username/groupnames"
default y
depends on LS
help
Allow ls to display username/groupname for files.
config FEATURE_LS_COLOR
bool "Allow use of color to identify file types"
default y
depends on LS && GETOPT_LONG
help
This enables the --color option to ls.
config FEATURE_LS_COLOR_IS_DEFAULT
bool "Produce colored ls output by default"
default n
depends on FEATURE_LS_COLOR
help
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 MD5SUM
bool "md5sum"
default n
help
md5sum is used to print or check MD5 checksums.
config MKDIR
bool "mkdir"
default n
help
mkdir is used to create directories with the specified names.
config FEATURE_MKDIR_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
default n
depends on MKDIR && GETOPT_LONG
help
Support long options for the mkdir applet.
config MKFIFO
bool "mkfifo"
default n
help
mkfifo is used to create FIFOs (named pipes).
The `mknod' program can also create FIFOs.
config MKNOD
bool "mknod"
default n
help
mknod is used to create FIFOs or block/character special
files with the specified names.
config MV
bool "mv"
default n
help
mv is used to move or rename files or directories.
config FEATURE_MV_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
default n
depends on MV && GETOPT_LONG
help
Support long options for the mv applet.
config NICE
bool "nice"
default n
help
nice runs a program with modified scheduling priority.
config NOHUP
bool "nohup"
default n
help
run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty.
config OD
bool "od"
default n
help
od is used to dump binary files in octal and other formats.
config PRINTENV
bool "printenv"
default n
help
printenv is used to print all or part of environment.
config PRINTF
bool "printf"
default n
help
printf is used to format and print specified strings.
It's similar to `echo' except it has more options.
config PWD
bool "pwd"
default n
help
pwd is used to print the current directory.
config READLINK
bool "readlink"
default n
help
This program reads a symbolic link and returns the name
of the file it points to
config FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW
bool "Enable canonicalization by following all symlinks (-f)"
default n
depends on READLINK
help
Enable the readlink option (-f).
config REALPATH
bool "realpath"
default n
help
Return the canonicalized absolute pathname.
This isn't provided by GNU shellutils, but where else does it belong.
config RM
bool "rm"
default n
help
rm is used to remove files or directories.
config RMDIR
bool "rmdir"
default n
help
rmdir is used to remove empty directories.
config SEQ
bool "seq"
default n
help
print a sequence of numbers
config SHA1SUM
bool "sha1sum"
default n
help
Compute and check SHA1 message digest
config SLEEP
bool "sleep (single integer arg with no suffix)"
default n
help
sleep is used to pause for a specified number of seconds,
config FEATURE_FANCY_SLEEP
bool "Enable multiple integer args and optional time suffixes"
default n
depends on SLEEP
help
Allow sleep to pause for specified minutes, hours, and days.
config SORT
bool "sort"
default n
help
sort is used to sort lines of text in specified files.
config FEATURE_SORT_BIG
bool "full SuSv3 compliant sort (Support -ktcsbdfiozgM)"
default y
depends on 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 SPLIT
bool "split"
default n
help
split a file into pieces.
config FEATURE_SPLIT_FANCY
bool "fancy extensions"
default n
depends on SPLIT
help
Add support for features not required by SUSv3.
Supports additional suffixes 'b' for 512 bytes,
'g' for 1GiB for the -b option.
config STAT
bool "stat"
default n
help
display file or filesystem status.
config FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT
bool "Enable custom formats (-c)"
default n
depends on 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 STTY
bool "stty"
default n
help
stty is used to change and print terminal line settings.
config SUM
bool "sum"
default n
help
checksum and count the blocks in a file
config SYNC
bool "sync"
default n
help
sync is used to flush filesystem buffers.
config TAIL
bool "tail"
default n
help
tail is used to print the last specified number of lines
from files.
config FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
bool "Enable extra tail options (-q, -s, and -v)"
default y
depends on TAIL
help
The options (-q, -s, and -v) are provided by GNU tail, but
are not specific in the SUSv3 standard.
config TEE
bool "tee"
default n
help
tee is used to read from standard input and write
to standard output and files.
config FEATURE_TEE_USE_BLOCK_IO
bool "Enable block i/o (larger/faster) instead of byte i/o."
default n
depends on TEE
help
Enable this option for a faster tee, at expense of size.
config TEST
bool "test"
default n
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 FEATURE_TEST_64
bool "Extend test to 64 bit"
default n
depends on TEST
help
Enable 64-bit support in test.
config TOUCH
bool "touch"
default n
help
touch is used to create or change the access and/or
modification timestamp of specified files.
config TR
bool "tr"
default n
help
tr is used to squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard
input, writing to standard output.
config FEATURE_TR_CLASSES
bool "Enable character classes (such as [:upper:])"
default n
depends on TR
help
Enable character classes, enabling commands such as:
tr [:upper:] [:lower:] to convert input into lowercase.
config FEATURE_TR_EQUIV
bool "Enable equivalence classes"
default n
depends on 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.
config TRUE
bool "true"
default n
help
true returns an exit code of TRUE (0).
config TTY
bool "tty"
default n
help
tty is used to print the name of the current terminal to
standard output.
config UNAME
bool "uname"
default n
help
uname is used to print system information.
config UNEXPAND
bool "unexpand"
default n
help
By default, convert only leading sequences of blanks to tabs.
config FEATURE_UNEXPAND_LONG_OPTIONS
bool "Enable long options"
default n
depends on UNEXPAND && GETOPT_LONG
help
Support long options for the unexpand applet.
config UNIQ
bool "uniq"
default n
help
uniq is used to remove duplicate lines from a sorted file.
config USLEEP
bool "usleep"
default n
help
usleep is used to pause for a specified number of microseconds.
config UUDECODE
bool "uudecode"
default n
help
uudecode is used to decode a uuencoded file.
config UUENCODE
bool "uuencode"
default n
help
uuencode is used to uuencode a file.
config WC
bool "wc"
default n
help
wc is used to print the number of bytes, words, and lines,
in specified files.
config FEATURE_WC_LARGE
bool "Support very large files in wc"
default n
depends on WC
help
Use "unsigned long long" in wc for count variables
config WHO
bool "who"
default n
select FEATURE_UTMP
help
who is used to show who is logged on.
config WHOAMI
bool "whoami"
default n
help
whoami is used to print the username of the current
user id (same as id -un).
config YES
bool "yes"
default n
help
yes is used to repeatedly output a specific string, or
the default string `y'.
comment "Common options for cp and mv"
depends on CP || MV
config FEATURE_PRESERVE_HARDLINKS
bool "Preserve hard links"
default n
depends on CP || MV
help
Allow cp and mv to preserve hard links.
comment "Common options for ls, more and telnet"
depends on LS || MORE || TELNET
config FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
bool "Calculate terminal & column widths"
default y
depends on LS || MORE || TELNET
help
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 DF || DU || LS
config FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE
bool "Support for human readable output (example 13k, 23M, 235G)"
default n
depends on DF || DU || LS
help
Allow df, du, and ls to have human readable output.
comment "Common options for md5sum, sha1sum"
depends on MD5SUM || SHA1SUM
config FEATURE_MD5_SHA1_SUM_CHECK
bool "Enable -c, -s and -w options"
default n
depends on MD5SUM || SHA1SUM
help
Enabling the -c options allows files to be checked
against pre-calculated hash values.
-s and -w are useful options when verifying checksums.
endmenu