1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
3 * Mini watch implementation for busybox
5 * Copyright (C) 2001 by Michael Habermann <mhabermann@gmx.de>
6 * Copyrigjt (C) Mar 16, 2003 Manuel Novoa III (mjn3@codepoet.org)
8 * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
11 /* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 N/A */
12 /* BB_AUDIT GNU defects -- only option -n is supported. */
17 // watch [-d] [-n seconds]
18 // [--differences[=cumulative]] [--interval=seconds] command
21 // watch [-dt] [-n seconds]
22 // [--differences[=cumulative]] [--interval=seconds] [--no-title] command
24 // (procps 3.x and procps 2.x are forks, not newer/older versions of the same)
26 int watch_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
27 int watch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
31 unsigned width, new_width;
35 #if 0 // maybe ENABLE_DESKTOP?
36 // procps3 compat - "echo TEST | watch cat" doesn't show TEST:
38 xopen("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
41 opt_complementary = "-1:n+"; // at least one param; -n NUM
42 // "+": stop at first non-option (procps 3.x only)
43 opt = getopt32(argv, "+dtn:", &period);
46 // watch from both procps 2.x and 3.x does concatenation. Example:
47 // watch ls -l "a /tmp" "2>&1" - ls won't see "a /tmp" as one param
50 cmd = xasprintf("%s %s", cmd, *argv); // leaks cmd
52 width = (unsigned)-1; // make sure first time new_width != width
55 /* home; clear to the end of screen */
56 printf("\033[H""\033[J");
57 if (!(opt & 0x2)) { // no -t
58 const unsigned time_len = sizeof("1234-67-90 23:56:89");
61 // STDERR_FILENO is procps3 compat:
62 // "watch ls 2>/dev/null" does not detect tty size
63 get_terminal_width_height(STDERR_FILENO, &new_width, NULL);
64 if (new_width != width) {
67 header = xasprintf("Every %us: %-*s", period, (int)width, cmd);
71 strftime(header + width - time_len, time_len,
72 "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime(&t));
74 // compat: empty line between header and cmd output
75 printf("%s\n\n", header);
78 // TODO: 'real' watch pipes cmd's output to itself
79 // and does not allow it to overflow the screen
80 // (taking into account linewrap!)
84 return 0; // gcc thinks we can reach this :)