move install.php usage instructions to README

README

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 *visit the website and sign up for an account
 
 
+###Installation Script###
 
+This script creates the needed secret.php and config.php files with user supplied values and performs the initial database import.
+
+*Warning: Do not run on existing site
+
+*First create the MySQL database
+
+*Then change to scripts directory
+ cd scripts
+
+*Run install.php using your desired settings
+
+*Command line options
+ php install.php --user=USER --pass=PASS --db=DATABASE --host=HOSTNAME --baseurl=URL
+
+*Replace USER and PASS with the MySQL user and password, DATABASE with the name of the MySQL database, and optionally the HOSTNAME of the MySQL server if other than localhost.
+
+For example:
+ --baseurl=http://www.biotorrents.net
+
+*Visit the website and sign up for an account
+
+*Values will be loaded from secrets.php and config.php they already exist

scripts/install.php

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 <?php
 
-// first create database
-// then run this script
-
-// example usage 
-
-// php install.php --user=mysqluser --pass=mysqlpass --db=somemysqldb --host=mysql.example.com --baseurl=example.com
-
-// tries to read existing secrets.php if found
-
+// creates secret.php and config.php with user supplied values and performs initial database import
+// see README for usage
 
 print "\n";
 
-
 // cli options setup
 $longopts  = array(
 // all values optional