From 6e29bf8468cf34cf0ebc9edad1caa90b35fbd645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andersen <andersen@69ca8d6d-28ef-0310-b511-8ec308f3f277>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:22:28 +0000
Subject: Use minix xargs instead, and update docs accordingly  -Erik

git-svn-id: svn://busybox.net/trunk/busybox@1098 69ca8d6d-28ef-0310-b511-8ec308f3f277
---
 docs/busybox.pod  | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 docs/busybox.sgml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'docs')

diff --git a/docs/busybox.pod b/docs/busybox.pod
index e12c8243c..5caf1de7d 100644
--- a/docs/busybox.pod
+++ b/docs/busybox.pod
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ mkfifo, mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, more, mount, mt, mv, nc, nslookup,
 ping, poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, reboot, renice, reset, rm, rmdir,
 rmmod, sed, setkeycodes, sh, sleep, sort, swapoff, swapon, sync, syslogd, tail,
 tar, tee, telnet, test, touch, tr, true, tty, umount, uname, uniq, unix2dos,
-unrpm, update, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, wc, which, whoami, yes,
-zcat, [
+unrpm, update, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, wc, which, whoami, xargs,
+yes, zcat, [
 
 -------------------------------
 
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ Example:
 
 =item ls
 
-Usage: ls [B<-1acdelnpuxACFR>] [filenames...]
+Usage: ls [B<-1acdelnpuxACFLR>] [filenames...]
 
 Options:
 
@@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@ Options:
 	-C	list entries by columns
 	-F	append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
 	-R  list subdirectories recursively
+	-L  list entries pointed to by symbolic links
 
 -------------------------------
 
@@ -2080,6 +2081,25 @@ Example:
 
 -------------------------------
 
+=item xargs
+
+Usage: xargs [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] [ARGS...]
+
+Executes COMMAND on every item given by standard input.
+
+Options:
+
+		-t      Print the command just before it is run
+		-l LEN  Use LEN as maximum line length (default 490, max 1023)
+		-e ENDING       Append ENDING to the command before executing it.
+ 
+Example:
+
+	$ ls | xargs gzip
+	$ find . -name '*.c' -print | xargs rm
+
+-------------------------------
+
 =item yes
 
 Usage: yes [OPTION]... [STRING]...
@@ -2182,4 +2202,4 @@ Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
 
 =cut
 
-# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.70 2000/09/21 02:06:35 andersen Exp $
+# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.71 2000/09/22 20:22:27 andersen Exp $
diff --git a/docs/busybox.sgml b/docs/busybox.sgml
index e8a91fa05..e213ca1b2 100644
--- a/docs/busybox.sgml
+++ b/docs/busybox.sgml
@@ -1922,6 +1922,7 @@
 			-A	Do not list implied . and ..
 			-C	List entries by columns
 			-F	Append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
+			-L	list entries pointed to by symbolic links
 			-R	List subdirectories recursively
 		</screen>
 		</para>
@@ -3659,6 +3660,42 @@
 		</para>
 	</sect1>
 
+	<sect1 id="xargs">
+	    <title>xargs</title>
+
+		<para>
+		Usage: xargs [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] [ARGS...]
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		Executes COMMAND on every item given by standard input.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		Options:
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		<screen>
+			-t      Print the command just before it is run
+			-l LEN  Use LEN as maximum line length (default 490, max 1023)
+			-e ENDING       Append ENDING to the command before executing it.
+		</screen>
+		</para>
+
+
+		<para>
+		Example:
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		<screen>
+			$ ls | xargs gzip
+			$ find . -name '*.c' -print | xargs rm
+		</screen>
+		</para>
+	</sect1>
+
 	<sect1 id="yes">
 	    <title>yes</title>
 
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