From 883dbd008c90fc57c7ce30f3fa384d46449760ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlo Strub <cs@carlostrub.ch>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 01:17:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] update readme

---
 README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 947ede4..4c33035 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,19 +56,31 @@ can put in your `$PATH`. (You can also take a look at `make install` to install
 for you.)
 
 ## Usage
-Sisyphus help can be started by running
+First, set the environment variables necessary for operation:
+```
+$ setenv SISYPHUS_DIRS PATHTOMAILDIR
+$ setenv SISYPHUS_DURATION 24h
+```
+or
+```
+$ export SISYPHUS_DIRS=PATHTOMAILDIR
+$ export SISYPHUS_DURATION=24h
+```
+or for Windows
 ```
-# sisyphus help
+$ set SISYPHUS_DIRS=PATHTOMAILDIR
+$ set SISYPHUS_DURATION=24h
 ```
 
-To start sisyphus, do
+
+Sisyphus help can be started by running
 ```
-# sisyphus --maildir PATHTOMAILDIR  run
+$ sisyphus help
 ```
 
-To run it in the background, do
+To start sisyphus, do
 ```
-# sisyphus --maildir PATHTOMAILDIR  start
+$ sisyphus run
 ```
 
 See the help for more details.