From a01a834e1654b4c9ca5b3ad05159445cc9c7ad08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "John Barton (joho)" <jrbarton@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:38:08 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Update docs for the bin command.

---
 README.md | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc3843b..05c47e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,12 +8,23 @@ From the original Library:
 >
 > But it is not always practical to set environment variables on development machines or continuous integration servers where multiple projects are run. Dotenv load variables from a .env file into ENV when the environment is bootstrapped.
 
+It can be used as a library (for loading in env for your own daemons etc) or as a bin command.
+
+There is test coverage and CI for both linuxish and windows environments, but I make no guarantees about the bin version working on windows.
+
 ## Installation
 
+As a library
+
 ```shell
 go get github.com/joho/godotenv
 ```
 
+or if you want to use it as a bin command
+```shell
+go get github.com/joho/godotenv/cmd/godotenv
+```
+
 ## Usage
 
 Add your application configuration to your `.env` file in the root of your project:
@@ -85,7 +96,15 @@ myEnv, err := godotenv.Read()
 s3Bucket := myEnv["S3_BUCKET"]
 ```
 
-end
+### Command Mode
+
+Assuming you've installed the command as above and you've got `$GOPATH/bin` in your `$PATH`
+
+```
+godotenv -f /some/path/to/.env some_command with some args
+```
+
+If you don't specify `-f` it will fall back on the default of loading `.env` in `PWD`
 
 ## Contributing