Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:40:09 -0800 From: David Bushong <david@bushong.net> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: "Justin W. Pauler" <jwpauler@jwpages.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tail Message-ID: <20010129094009.F16505@bushong.net> In-Reply-To: <20010128221801.A2923@raggedclown.net>; from cliff@raggedclown.net on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 10:18:01PM %2B0100 References: <01012813255100.83352@gateway.drnet.fais.net> <20010128221801.A2923@raggedclown.net>
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On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 10:18:01PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > ... > > However, on Linux there is a program called "watch" that repeatedly > executes a command an displays it on the screen updating the > display "in place" .. so it does not scroll away. I am sure there > must be a similar program on BSD (I would like to know as well!) > but the program named "watch" on FBSD is something > different. > > Cliff > > On BSD, the similar program is called "display" and is in /usr/ports/misc/display Note that it installs /usr/local/bin/display, which is the same name as one of the binaries from the ImageMagick package. I have reported this as a bug to both port maintainers in the past and been ignored, and thus renamed this one to "redisplay". --David Bushong To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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