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August 5th, 2004, 01:30 PM
#1
watch - the unix utility
So I noticed that my BSD system does not have watch installed. Naturally, a google search for 'unix watch source code' yields absolutely nothing of any value. Does anyone know where I can find the source code for this so I can install it on my machine? Thanks.
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August 8th, 2004, 05:24 PM
#2
Hi l0s,
Watch
I used the search engine at http://www.openoutsource.com/index.php to find it.
Goodluck
RB
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August 9th, 2004, 11:37 AM
#3
Thanks, but that's not actually what I'm looking for. From the man page:
watch - execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
Code:
watch [-dhv] [-n <seconds>] [--differences[=cumulative]] [--help] [--interval=<seconds>] [--version] <command>
The original watch was written by Tony Rems <rembo@unisoft.com> in 1991, with mods and corrections by Francois Pinard. It was reworked and new features added by Mike Coleman <mkc@acm.org> in 1999.
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August 9th, 2004, 12:36 PM
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August 9th, 2004, 01:15 PM
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woohoo
Thanks a bunch. I actually did a search for procps, but silly me entered "procps bsd" into the search field. Of course, bsd has no /proc and so I wasn't able to find anything.
I'm still not sure why watch is packaged as a /proc utility since it doesn't access /proc at all.
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