* Copyright (C) 2001 by Michael Habermann <mhabermann@gmx.de>
* Copyrigjt (C) Mar 16, 2003 Manuel Novoa III (mjn3@codepoet.org)
*
- * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
*/
/* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 N/A */
/* BB_AUDIT GNU defects -- only option -n is supported. */
+//usage:#define watch_trivial_usage
+//usage: "[-n SEC] [-t] PROG ARGS"
+//usage:#define watch_full_usage "\n\n"
+//usage: "Run PROG periodically\n"
+//usage: "\n -n Loop period in seconds (default 2)"
+//usage: "\n -t Don't print header"
+//usage:
+//usage:#define watch_example_usage
+//usage: "$ watch date\n"
+//usage: "Mon Dec 17 10:31:40 GMT 2000\n"
+//usage: "Mon Dec 17 10:31:42 GMT 2000\n"
+//usage: "Mon Dec 17 10:31:44 GMT 2000"
+
#include "libbb.h"
// procps 2.0.18:
char *header;
char *cmd;
+#if 0 // maybe ENABLE_DESKTOP?
+ // procps3 compat - "echo TEST | watch cat" doesn't show TEST:
+ close(STDIN_FILENO);
+ xopen("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+#endif
+
opt_complementary = "-1:n+"; // at least one param; -n NUM
// "+": stop at first non-option (procps 3.x only)
opt = getopt32(argv, "+dtn:", &period);
argv += optind;
// watch from both procps 2.x and 3.x does concatenation. Example:
- // watch ls -l "a /tmp" "2>&1" -- ls won't see "a /tmp" as one param
+ // watch ls -l "a /tmp" "2>&1" - ls won't see "a /tmp" as one param
cmd = *argv;
while (*++argv)
cmd = xasprintf("%s %s", cmd, *argv); // leaks cmd
width = (unsigned)-1; // make sure first time new_width != width
header = NULL;
while (1) {
- printf("\033[H\033[J");
+ /* home; clear to the end of screen */
+ printf("\033[H""\033[J");
if (!(opt & 0x2)) { // no -t
const unsigned time_len = sizeof("1234-67-90 23:56:89");
time_t t;
- get_terminal_width_height(STDIN_FILENO, &new_width, NULL);
+ // STDERR_FILENO is procps3 compat:
+ // "watch ls 2>/dev/null" does not detect tty size
+ get_terminal_width_height(STDERR_FILENO, &new_width, NULL);
if (new_width != width) {
width = new_width;
free(header);
strftime(header + width - time_len, time_len,
"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime(&t));
- puts(header);
+ // compat: empty line between header and cmd output
+ printf("%s\n\n", header);
}
fflush_all();
// TODO: 'real' watch pipes cmd's output to itself