From 8f4cdd516dceeee0dc6c85fd6a3e5bba7ce79048 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:41:50 +0000 Subject: Move shell descriptions to the config system --- README | 30 ------------------------------ 1 file changed, 30 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index ceda825df..2d156e1b5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -56,36 +56,6 @@ Supported kernels: ---------------- -Shells: - -lash is the very smallest shell (adds just 10k) and it is quite usable as -a command prompt, but it is not suitable for any but the most trivial -scripting (such as an initrd that calls insmod a few times) since it does -not understand Bourne shell grammer. It does handle pipes, redirects, and -job control though. Adding in command editing makes it a very nice -lightweight command prompt. - -hush is also quite small (just 18k) and it has very complete Bourne shell -grammer. It handles if/then/else/fi just fine, but doesn't handle loops -like for/do/done or case/esac and such. It also currently has a problem -with job control. Using hush is not yet recommended. - -msh: The minix shell (adds just 30k) is quite complete and handles things -like for/do/done, case/esac and all the things you expect a Bourne shell to -do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne shell grammer (try -running the shell testscript "tests/sh.testcases" on it and compare vs bash) -but for most things it works quite well. It also uses only vfork, so it can -be used on uClinux systems. This was only recently added, so there is still -room to shrink it further... - -ash: This adds about 60k in the default configuration and is the most -complete and most pedantically correct shell included with busybox. This -shell was also recently added, and several people (mainly Vladimir and Erik) -have been working on it. There are a number of configurable things at the -top of ash.c as well, so check those out if you want to tweak things. - ----------------- - Getting help: When you find you need help, you can check out the BusyBox mailing list -- cgit v1.2.3