cfgsh, the Configuration Shell utility, is a small utility meant to be used for the configuration of embedded systems. The idea is that for embedded systems the 'normal' way of configuring a GNU/Linux host is simply non sentient - the entire notion of an administrator that edits the system startup scripts simply does not fit the an embedded device that by definition is supposed to function with little or no knowledgeable person intervention.
cfgsh is meant to replace the normal combination of utilities such ifconfig, route and friends, together with the startup scripts and configuration files that use them with a single program and configuration file that will implement the same functionality in a manner more consistent with the embedded system world.cfgsh was built and is maintained by Codefidence ltd.
A paper about cfgsh (and more) has been presented at the Ottawa The Linux Symposium 2005.
