bool "gunzip"
default n
help
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+ gunzip is used to decompress archives created by gzip.
+ You can use the `-t' option to test the integrity of
+ an archive, without decompressing it.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_GUNZIP_UNCOMPRESS
bool " Uncompress support"
default n
depends on CONFIG_GUNZIP
help
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+ If you want gunzip to have the ability to decompress
+ archives created by the program compress (not much
+ used anymore).
config CONFIG_GZIP
bool "gzip"
default n
help
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+ gzip is used to compress files.
+ It's probably the most used UNIX compression program.
config CONFIG_RPM2CPIO
bool "rpm2cpio"
default n
help
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+ Converts an RPM file into a CPIO archive.
+
+config CONFIG_RPM
+ bool "rpm"
+ default n
+ help
+ Mini RPM applet - querys and extracts
config CONFIG_TAR
bool "tar"
default n
help
- tar has at least 512 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ tar is an archiving program. It's commonly used with gzip to
+ create compressed archives. It's probably the most used
+ UNIX archive program.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
bool " Enable archive creation"
default y
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
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+ If you enable this option you'll be able to create
+ tar archives using the `-c' option.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2
bool " Enable -j option to handle .tar.bz2 files"
default n
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
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+ If you enable this option you'll be able to extract
+ archives compressed with bzip2.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_EXCLUDE
bool " Enable -X and --exclude options (exclude files)"
default n
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
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+ If you enable this option you'll be able to specify
+ a list of files to exclude from an archive.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP
bool " Enable -z option"
default y
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
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+ If you enable this option tar will be able to call gzip,
+ when creating or extracting tar gziped archives.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLD_FORMAT
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDGNU_COMPATABILITY
bool " Enable support for old tar header format"
- default n
+ default N
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
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+ This option is required to unpack archives created with
+ in the old GNU format, help to kill this old format by
+ repacking your ancient archives with the new format.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_GNUTAR_LONG_FILENAME
- bool " Enable support for GNU long filenames"
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
+ bool " Enable support for some GNU tar extensions"
default y
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
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+ With this option busybox supports GNU long filenames and
+ linknames.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_UNARCHIVE_TAPE
bool " Enable tape drive support"
default n
depends on CONFIG_TAR || CONFIG_CPIO
help
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+ I dont think this is needed anymore.
config CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
bool "uncompress"
default n
help
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+ uncompress is used to decompress archives created by compress.
+ Not much used anymore, replaced by gzip/gunzip.
config CONFIG_UNZIP
bool "unzip"
default n
help
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+ unzip will list or extract files from a ZIP archive,
+ commonly found on DOS/WIN systems. The default behavior
+ (with no options) is to extract the archive into the
+ current directory. Use the `-d' option to extract to a
+ directory of your choice.
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