[syslinux] [PATCH] Describe the --directory option more precisely

[Paul Bolle]

On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 11:48 +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Paul Bolle <pebolle at tiscali.nl> writes:
> > syslinux accepts a --directory (or -d) option. As far as I can see this
> > option only affects the installation location of the ldlinux.sys file.
> > (It also affects the boot sector that syslinux generates, but that is
> > not something user visible.)
> 
> And the "current directory" as well after Syslinux startup.

What would be a clear way to name that directory in man/syslinux.1:
    syslinux base directory
    syslinux work directory
    syslinux root directory

That name could be used in an additional line like:
    ldlinux.sys will then use that subdirectory as its base directory.

That might require an additional section in the manpage that explains
how ldlinux.sys uses the base (or whatever) directory.

> There's
> quite some confusion in the first part of doc/syslinux.txt (search for
> the word "directory") about what needs to be where.  Some cleanup would
> be in order in that part, as it seems...

I'll try to do that too, in a future version of this patch.


Paul Bolle