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.
diff --git a/procps/Config.in b/procps/Config.in
index a9bf726..9458618 100644
--- a/procps/Config.in
+++ b/procps/Config.in
@@ -9,44 +9,53 @@
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+ The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete.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 @@
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.
endmenu