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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 /procps
parent1eceb127bd189bf377b6f25dfce04d61e25d89d2 (diff)
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 'procps')
-rw-r--r--procps/Config.in27
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/procps/Config.in b/procps/Config.in
index a9bf726a4..9458618b3 100644
--- a/procps/Config.in
+++ b/procps/Config.in
@@ -9,44 +9,53 @@ config CONFIG_FREE
bool "free"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ free displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap
+ memory in the system, as well as the buffers used by the kernel.
+ The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete.
config CONFIG_KILL
bool "kill"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ The command kill sends the specified signal to the specified
+ process or process group. If no signal is specified, the TERM
+ signal is sent.
config CONFIG_KILLALL
bool "killall"
default n
depends on CONFIG_KILL
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the
+ specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is
+ sent.
config CONFIG_PIDOF
bool "pidof"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Pidof finds the process id's (pids) of the named programs. It prints
+ those id's on the standard output.
config CONFIG_PS
bool "ps"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ ps gives a snapshot of the current processes.
config CONFIG_RENICE
bool "renice"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Renice alters the scheduling priority of one or more running
+ processes.
config CONFIG_TOP
bool "top"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running
+ system.
config FEATURE_CPU_USAGE_PERCENTAGE
bool " Support show CPU usage percentage (add 2k bytes)"
@@ -59,7 +68,9 @@ config CONFIG_UPTIME
bool "uptime"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ uptime gives a one line display of the current time, how long
+ the system has been running, how many users are currently logged
+ on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
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