From ac00aa7599e3729a6b2b123785bd14836905cbc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 08:07:56 +0000 Subject: Some additional description based on a patch from Terje Kvernes --- miscutils/Config.in | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'miscutils/Config.in') diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in index fbdcbcc7b..b4a3475de 100644 --- a/miscutils/Config.in +++ b/miscutils/Config.in @@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ config CONFIG_DUTMP default n help 'dutmp' is a utility used by the Linux Router Project (as far as I - know nobody else uses it). It dumps the contents of the utmp file in - a format that can be parsed by shell scripts. + know nobody else uses it). It dumps the contents of the utmp file to + STDOUT with each field seperated by a colon. IP addresses are are + given in hex in native byte order. It is intended that this format + can then be parsed by shell scripts. config CONFIG_HDPARM bool "hdparm" @@ -131,8 +133,8 @@ config CONFIG_WATCHDOG 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 that means the - system has hung, and it will therefore cause the hardware to reboot. + certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has + hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot. endmenu -- cgit v1.2.3