From 2f823b13554e666a3f4eeb3ff3cfd96617ecf6ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tengel <tengel@xyzzy.ee>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:32:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing up a bunch of stuff

---
 README.md | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3257ce..7069ab0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,22 @@ GPLv3 - see LICENSE for details
 
 ## Introduction
 
-Petrified is a bash client to update dynamic DNS at freedns.afraid.org; the goals
-are for simplicity, flexibility and configurability which using the minimal
-system tools installed with most distributions.
+Petrified is a bash client to update dynamic DNS at freedns.afraid.org;
+the goals are for simplicity, flexibility and configurability which using
+the minimal system tools installed with most distributions.
+
+## Features
+
+- Several configuration methods:
+ * /etc/petrified.conf
+ * ~/.petrifiedrc
+ * -c (config) on the commandline
+- IPv4 and IPv6 support
+- PID usage to prevent race conditions or stacked crons
+- Logging via journald, syslog, stdout and a logfile simultaneously
+- Local IP reporting for use with internal DNS entries
+- Caching of the last IP to reduce upstream impact
+- Usable via cron, NetworkManager dispatcher, commandline, etc.
 
 ## Dependencies
 
@@ -25,26 +38,12 @@ system tools installed with most distributions.
 | curl    | curl        |
 
 
-## Features
-
-- Several configuration methods:
- * /etc/petrified.conf
- * ~/.petrifiedrc
- * -c (config) on the commandline
-
-- IPv4 and IPv6 support
-- PID usage to prevent race conditions
-- Logging via journald, syslog, stdout and a logfile
-- Local IP reporting for use on internal machines
-- Caching of the last IP to reduce upstream impact
-- Usable via cron, NetworkManager dispatcher, commandline, etc.
-
 ## Configuration
 
-Copy the default configuration file to */etc/petrified.conf*, *~/.petrifiedrc* or
-another location as desired. At a minimum the **DDNS_KEY** variable must be
-configured for basic usage as root, all other variables are preconfigured for
-system level (root) usage.
+Copy the default configuration file to */etc/petrified.conf* for global
+use, *~/.petrifiedrc* for user-level use, or another location as desired.
+At a minimum the **DDNS_KEY** variable must be configured for basic usage;
+all other variables are preconfigured for system level (root) usage.
 
 If implementing at the user level, be sure and set the various file location
 options to a directory that is writable by the user; the default config is
@@ -54,8 +53,25 @@ fully documented and should make sense.
 
 Usage is simple - just run **petrified** and check your log(s).
 
-To use a custom configuration file, the **-c (config)** parameter is supported;
-note that using this option will *not* read the global/local configuration files
-and only use the variables from this custom file.
+To use a custom configuration file, the **-c (config)** parameter is 
+supported; note that using this option will *not* read the global/local
+configuration files and only use the variables from this custom file.
 
+## Acknowledgements
+
+### Author
+
+Troy Engel <troyengel@gmail.com>
+
+Prior to writing this software, several contributions were made to:
+
+* afraid-dyndns
+* fdnsc
+
+The original version of petrified was influenced by these two software
+package's concepts, however actual code was not used.
+
+### Contributors
+
+### Maintainers