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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000
commite5642119ee566520a098027746808dd6b9226d99 (patch)
treebcdb42552005d1498a48ffd634b1c216f01b8f13 /miscutils
parent1eceb127bd189bf377b6f25dfce04d61e25d89d2 (diff)
downloadbusybox-e5642119ee566520a098027746808dd6b9226d99.tar.gz
Patch from Thomas Cameron:
Hello all, This patch adds more "Help" text to the config system. Almost all applets now have a help entry. Also, I cleaned up the spacing of the existing text so that things are consistent. This patch is against this morning's CVS. Thomas Cameron CEI Systems, Inc.
Diffstat (limited to 'miscutils')
-rw-r--r--miscutils/Config.in23
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index 23de1dd16..f70c12228 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -9,25 +9,29 @@ config CONFIG_ADJTIMEX
bool "adjtimex"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Adjtimex reads and optionally sets adjustment parameters for
+ the Linux clock adjustment algorithm.
config CONFIG_CROND
bool "crond"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
+ files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question.
config CONFIG_CRONTAB
bool "crontab"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
+ the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory.
config CONFIG_DC
bool "dc"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports unlimited
+ precision arithmetic.
config CONFIG_DUTMP
bool "dutmp"
@@ -45,19 +49,24 @@ config CONFIG_MT
bool "mt"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ 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.
config CONFIG_STRINGS
bool "strings"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Strings prints the printable character sequences for each file
+ specified.
config CONFIG_TIME
bool "time"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ The time command runs the specified program with the given arguments.
+ When the command finishes, time writes a message to standard output
+ giving timing statistics about this program run.
config CONFIG_UPDATE
bool "update"