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> 
>   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

Sure :-) create the snoop device by

cd /dev
MAKEDEV snp0

If it still does not work, -- it says ``device not configured'' --
enter the snoop device in your kernel configurartion file, see
/sys/i386/conf/LINT and man snp for the details.

Wolfgang