From e5642119ee566520a098027746808dd6b9226d99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Andersen
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:37:08 +0000
Subject: 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.
---
 procps/Config.in | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

(limited to 'procps')

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 @@ 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+	  The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete.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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