[BusyBox-cvs] busybox/miscutils Config.in,1.1,1.2

Erik Andersen andersen at busybox.net
Mon Jul 14 19:37:29 UTC 2003


Update of /var/cvs/busybox/miscutils
In directory winder:/tmp/cvs-serv16690/miscutils

Modified Files:
	Config.in 
Log Message:
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.



Index: Config.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/busybox/miscutils/Config.in,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -d -r1.1 -r1.2
--- Config.in	5 Dec 2002 08:40:49 -0000	1.1
+++ Config.in	14 Jul 2003 19:36:58 -0000	1.2
@@ -9,25 +9,29 @@
 	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 @@
 	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"




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