The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner,
and group are preserved in the archive, and can be restored on
extraction.
+
The stored filename is limited to 15 characters. (for more information
see long filename support).
ar has 60 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
This implementation of ar can extract archives, it cannot create or
modify them.
- On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about XXX bytes.
+ On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about 1K.
Unless you have a specific application which requires ar, you should
probably say N here.
bool "bunzip2"
default n
help
- bunzip2 is an compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
+ bunzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
The BusyBox bunzip2 applet is limited to de-compression only.
- On an x86 system, this applet adds about XXX bytes.
+ On an x86 system, this applet adds about 11K.
Unless you have a specific application which requires bunzip2, you
should probably say N here.
default n
depends on CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
help
- This reduced dpkg-deb to the equivalent of "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx".
+ This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx".
However it saves space as none of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are
needed, they are linked to internally.
help
This is the default compression method inside the debian ar file.
- If you want compatability with standard .deb's you should say yes here.
+ If you want compatibility with standard .deb's you should say yes here.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2
bool " bzip2 debian packages"
This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed internally
with bzip2 instead of gzip.
- You only want this is your are creating your own custom debian packages that
+ You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian packages that
use an internal control.tar.bz2 or data.tar.bz2.
config CONFIG_GUNZIP
default n
depends on CONFIG_GUNZIP
help
- If you want gunzip to have the ability to decompress
+ Enable if you want gunzip to have the ability to decompress
archives created by the program compress (not much
used anymore).
default n
help
gzip is used to compress files.
- It's probably the most used UNIX compression program.
+ It's probably the most widely used UNIX compression program.
config CONFIG_RPM2CPIO
bool "rpm2cpio"
bool "rpm"
default n
help
- Mini RPM applet - querys and extracts
+ Mini RPM applet - queries and extracts
config CONFIG_TAR
bool "tar"
default n
help
tar is an archiving program. It's commonly used with gzip to
- create compressed archives. It's probably the most used
+ create compressed archives. It's probably the most widely used
UNIX archive program.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
default N
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
- This option is required to unpack archives created with
- in the old GNU format, help to kill this old format by
+ This option is required to unpack archives created in
+ the old GNU format; help to kill this old format by
repacking your ancient archives with the new format.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
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
- I dont think this is needed anymore.
-
config CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
bool "uncompress"
default n
current directory. Use the `-d' option to extract to a
directory of your choice.
+comment "Common options for cpio and tar"
+ depends on CONFIG_CPIO || CONFIG_TAR
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_UNARCHIVE_TAPE
+ bool " Enable tape drive support"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_CPIO || CONFIG_TAR
+ help
+ I don't think this is needed anymore.
+
endmenu