From c956283fbe03c562d73aa40c339bc904c16fa57d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Stadler <patrick.stadler@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:05:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improve init.d docs

---
 init.d/README.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init.d/README.md b/init.d/README.md
index bf99b0f..b698791 100644
--- a/init.d/README.md
+++ b/init.d/README.md
@@ -3,31 +3,35 @@
 Run the following commands as root:
 
 ```sh
-# Install at /opt/metrics.sh
-$ mkdir /opt && cd /opt
+# Install metrics.sh at /opt/metrics.sh
+$ mkdir /opt; cd /opt
 $ git clone https://github.com/pstadler/metrics.sh.git
 $ cd metrics.sh
-# Install service
+# Install the service
 $ ln -s $PWD/init.d/metrics.sh /etc/init.d/metrics.sh
-# Create config file
+# Create a config file
 $ mkdir /etc/metrics.sh && chmod 600 /etc/metrics.sh
 $ ./metrics.sh -C > /etc/metrics.sh/metrics.ini
-# At this point you should edit your config file
-# at /etc/metrics.sh/metrics.ini
+# At this point you should edit your config file at
+# /etc/metrics.sh/metrics.ini
 
 # Start service
 $ service metrics.sh start
+
+# If run with the default configuration where reporter is 'stdout', metrics
+# will be written to /var/log/metrics.sh.log. Be aware that this file will
+# grow fast.
+$ tail -f /var/log/metrics.sh.log
+
 # Stop service
 $ service metrics.sh stop
-# Check servie status
+
+# Check service status
 $ service metrics.sh status
 
-# Check log file
-$ tail /var/log/metrics.sh.log
-
-# Automatically start/stop service when (re-)booting
+# Automatically start service when booting and stop when shutting down
 $ update-rc.d metrics.sh defaults
 
-# Uninstall automatic start/stop
+# Disable automatic starting/stopping
 $ update-rc.d -f metrics.sh remove
 ```