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On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Mail Lists wrote:

> 
>   Hi...I'm trying to figure out how to get watch to work....I've read the 
> man page, but I get hung up after I run watch ttyx.  I get "Fatal: Cannot 
> open snoop device."  Can anyone help...thanks...Adam
> 

You have to enable the snoop device in your kernel (see the LINT file).
Recompile, install the new kernel and reboot.
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