build: clarify --upload once again for Linux boards

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Lucas De Marchi 2017-07-25 14:32:46 -07:00
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@ -75,15 +75,14 @@ list some basic and more used commands as example.
./waf --targets bin/arducopter --upload
```
On Linux you need to first configure the IP of the board you are going to upload
to. This is done on configure phase with:
For Linux boards you need first to configure the IP of the board you
are going to upload to. This is done on configure phase with:
```sh
./waf configure --board <board> --rsync-dest <destination>
```
What this does is to install to a temporary location and calling
`rsync <temp_install_location>/ <destination>`. Example (board and destination
The commands below give a concrete example (board and destination
IP will change according to the board used):
```sh
@ -91,6 +90,10 @@ list some basic and more used commands as example.
./waf --target bin/arducopter --upload
```
This allows to set a destination to which the `--upload` option will upload
the binary. Under the hood it installs to a temporary location and calls
`rsync <temp_install_location>/ <destination>`.
On Linux boards there's also an install command, which will install to a certain
directory, just like the temporary install above does. This can be
used by distributors to create .deb, .rpm or other package types: