help
Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question.
- This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the
+ This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the
format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example:
$ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
# Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day:
40 4 * * * /etc/cron/daily > /dev/null 2>&1
-config DEBUG_CROND_OPTION
+config FEATURE_CROND_D
bool "Support option -d to redirect output to stderr"
depends on CROND
default n
help
Support calling /usr/sbin/sendmail for send cmd outputs.
+config FEATURE_CROND_DIR
+ string "crond spool directory"
+ default "/var/spool/cron"
+ depends on CROND || CRONTAB
+ help
+ Location of crond spool.
+
config CRONTAB
bool "crontab"
default n
select FEATURE_SUID
help
- Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
+ Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory.
Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
work properly.
Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited
precision arithmetic.
+config FEATURE_DC_LIBM
+ bool "Enable power and exp functions (requires libm)"
+ default n
+ depends on DC
+ help
+ Enable power and exp functions.
+ NOTE: This will require libm to be present for linking.
+
config DEVFSD
bool "devfsd (obsolete)"
default n
select FEATURE_SYSLOG
help
- This is deprecated, and will be removed at the end of 2008.
+ This is deprecated and should NOT be used anymore.
+ Use linux >= 2.6 (optionally with hotplug) and mdev instead!
+ See docs/mdev.txt for detailed instructions on how to use mdev
+ instead.
Provides compatibility with old device names on a devfs systems.
You should set it to true if you have devfs enabled.
"PERMISSIONS", "EXECUTE", "COPY", "IGNORE",
"MKOLDCOMPAT", "MKNEWCOMPAT","RMOLDCOMPAT", "RMNEWCOMPAT".
- But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!!
+ But only if they are written UPPERCASE!!!!!!!!
config DEVFSD_MODLOAD
bool "Adds support for MODLOAD keyword in devsfd.conf"
default n
depends on DEVFSD
help
- -fg Run the daemon in the foreground.
- -np Exit after parsing the configuration file. Do not poll for events.
+ -fg Run the daemon in the foreground.
+ -np Exit after parsing the configuration file.
+ Do not poll for events.
config DEVFSD_VERBOSE
bool "Increases logging (and size)"
bool "Use devfs names for all devices (obsolete)"
default n
help
- This is obsolete and will be going away at the end of 2008..
+ This is obsolete and should NOT be used anymore.
+ Use linux >= 2.6 (optionally with hotplug) and mdev instead!
- This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
- /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
+ For legacy systems -- if there is no way around devfsd -- this
+ tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
+ /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
devfs names, you don't want this.
+config DEVMEM
+ bool "devmem"
+ default n
+ help
+ devmem is a small program that reads and writes from physical
+ memory using /dev/mem.
+
config EJECT
bool "eject"
default n
help
- Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
+ Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
config FEATURE_EJECT_SCSI
bool "SCSI support"
"NN" (ASCII decimal number) - percentage to show on progress bar
"exit" - well you guessed it
+config FLASH_ERASEALL
+ bool "flash_eraseall"
+ default n
+ help
+ The flash_eraseall binary from mtd-utils as of git head c4c6a59eb.
+ This utility is used to erase the whole MTD device.
+
+config IONICE
+ bool "ionice"
+ default n
+ help
+ Set/set program io scheduling class and priority
+ Requires kernel >= 2.6.13
+
config INOTIFYD
bool "inotifyd"
default n
help
- Simple inotify daemon. Reports filesystem changes. Requires kernel >= 2.6.13
+ Simple inotify daemon. Reports filesystem changes. Requires
+ kernel >= 2.6.13
config LAST
bool "last"
The -M flag enables a more sophisticated status line.
The -m flag enables a simpler status line with a percentage.
-config FEATURE_LESS_FLAGCS
- bool "Enable flag changes"
- default n
- depends on LESS
- help
- This enables the ability to change command-line flags within
- less itself.
-
config FEATURE_LESS_MARKS
bool "Enable marks"
default n
help
Enable regular expressions, allowing complex file searches.
+config FEATURE_LESS_WINCH
+ bool "Enable automatic resizing on window size changes"
+ default n
+ depends on LESS
+ help
+ Makes less track window size changes.
+
+config FEATURE_LESS_DASHCMD
+ bool "Enable flag changes ('-' command)"
+ default n
+ depends on LESS
+ help
+ This enables the ability to change command-line flags within
+ less itself ('-' keyboard command).
+
+config FEATURE_LESS_LINENUMS
+ bool "Enable dynamic switching of line numbers"
+ default n
+ depends on FEATURE_LESS_DASHCMD
+ help
+ Enable "-N" command.
+
config HDPARM
bool "hdparm"
default n
help
- Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA
- drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
+ Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA
+ drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option)....
config FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_DRIVE_RESET
- bool "perform device reset (DANGEROUS)"
+ bool "Perform device reset (DANGEROUS)"
default n
depends on HDPARM
help
This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF
- bool "tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)"
+ bool "Tristate device for hotswap (DANGEROUS)"
default n
depends on HDPARM
help
Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap,
- and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous
+ and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous
stuff, so you should probably say N.
config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA
- bool "get/set using_dma flag (DANGEROUS)"
+ bool "Get/set using_dma flag"
default n
depends on HDPARM
help
Enables the 'hdparm -d' option to get/set using_dma flag.
- This is dangerous stuff, so you should probably say N.
config MAKEDEVS
bool "makedevs"
bool "mt"
default n
help
- mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility
+ mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility
to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive
files on the tape.
This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file.
It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files
- or executables before they are used. When used at the right time
+ or executables before they are used. When used at the right time
(in particular when a CPU bound process is running) it can
significantly speed up system startup.
When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output
giving timing statistics about this program run.
+config TIMEOUT
+ bool "timeout"
+ default n
+ help
+ Runs a program and watches it. If it does not terminate in
+ specified number of seconds, it is sent a signal.
+
config TTYSIZE
bool "ttysize"
default n
help
A replacement for "stty size". Unlike stty, can report only width,
- only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on error,
- but returns default 80x24. Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`.
+ only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on
+ error, but returns default 80x24.
+ Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`.
config WATCHDOG
bool "watchdog"
default n
help
The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog
- device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file
- and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the
+ device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file
+ and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the
watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a
certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has
hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot.
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