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author | Eric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org> | 2003-07-26 12:07:56 +0400 |
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committer | Eric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org> | 2003-07-26 12:07:56 +0400 |
commit | ac00aa7599e3729a6b2b123785bd14836905cbc0 (patch) | |
tree | 7354f5381578f9c0d16484eca5b415153dd031c9 /miscutils | |
parent | ef73d3b5d9e9d5124b7c16bd77097fae3f200616 (diff) |
Some additional description based on a patch from Terje Kvernes
Diffstat (limited to 'miscutils')
-rw-r--r-- | miscutils/Config.in | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
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 |