Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:20:02 GMT From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Beat_G=E4tzi?= <beat@chruetertee.ch> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/126087: wrong man page in sysutils/cmdwatch Message-ID: <200808101720.m7AHK2dk015988@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/126087; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Beat_G=E4tzi?= <beat@chruetertee.ch>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, dgutaev@mail.ru
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Subject: Re: ports/126087: wrong man page in sysutils/cmdwatch
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:35:49 +0200
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Please try the attached patch. It should fix this man page issue.
Regards,
Beat
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diff -Naur cmdwatch.orig/files/patch-cmdwatch.1 cmdwatch/files/patch-cmdwatch.1
--- cmdwatch.orig/files/patch-cmdwatch.1 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ cmdwatch/files/patch-cmdwatch.1 2008-08-10 18:32:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+--- cmdwatch.1.orig 2000-11-07 14:59:25.000000000 +0100
++++ cmdwatch.1 2008-08-10 18:32:33.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+-.TH WATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " "Linux User's Manual"
++.TH CMDWATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " " "
+ .SH NAME
+-watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
++cmdwatch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
+ .SH SYNOPSIS
+-.B watch
++.B cmdwatch
+ .I [\-dhv] [\-n <seconds>] [\-\-differences[=cumulative]] [\-\-help] [\-\-interval=<seconds>] [\-\-version] <command>
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+-.BR watch
++.BR cmdwatch
+ runs
+ .I command
+ repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull). This allows you to
+@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
+ The
+ .I -d or --differences
+ flag will highlight the differences between successive updates. The
+-.I --cumulative
++.I --differences=cumulative
+ option makes highlighting "sticky", presenting a running display of all
+ positions that have ever changed.
+ .PP
+-.BR watch
++.BR cmdwatch
+ will run until interrupted.
+ .SH NOTE
+ Note that
+@@ -33,33 +33,33 @@
+ the first non-option argument). This means that flags after
+ .I command
+ don't get interpreted by
+-.BR watch
++.BR cmdwatch
+ itself.
+ .SH EXAMPLES
+ .PP
+ To watch for mail, you might do
+ .IP
+-watch \-n 60 from
++cmdwatch \-n 60 from
+ .PP
+ To watch the contents of a directory change, you could use
+ .IP
+-watch \-d ls \-l
++cmdwatch \-d ls \-l
+ .PP
+ If you're only interested in files owned by user joe, you might use
+ .IP
+-watch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe'
++cmdwatch \-d 'ls \-l | fgrep joe'
+ .PP
+ To see the effects of quoting, try these out
+ .IP
+-watch echo $$
++cmdwatch echo $$
+ .IP
+-watch echo '$$'
++cmdwatch echo '$$'
+ .IP
+-watch echo "'"'$$'"'"
++cmdwatch echo "'"'$$'"'"
+ .PP
+ You can watch for your administrator to install the latest kernel with
+ .IP
+-watch uname -r
++cmdwatch uname -r
+ .PP
+ (Just kidding.)
+ .SH BUGS
+@@ -75,4 +75,5 @@
+ .B watch
+ was written by Tony Rems <rembo@unisoft.com> in 1991, with mods and
+ corrections by Francois Pinard. It was reworked and new features added by
+-Mike Coleman <mkc@acm.org> in 1999.
++Mike Coleman <mkc@acm.org> in 1999. This man page based on the watch man
++page of the Linux User's Manual.
diff -Naur cmdwatch.orig/files/patch-cmdwatch.c cmdwatch/files/patch-cmdwatch.c
--- cmdwatch.orig/files/patch-cmdwatch.c 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ cmdwatch/files/patch-cmdwatch.c 2008-08-10 18:09:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- cmdwatch.c.orig 2008-08-10 18:08:06.000000000 +0200
++++ cmdwatch.c 2008-08-10 18:09:24.000000000 +0200
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
+ { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+ };
+
+-char usage[] = "Usage: %s [-dhnv] [--differences[=cumulative]] [--help] [--interval=<n>] [--version] <command>\n";
++char usage[] = "Usage: %s [-dhv] [-n <seconds>] [--differences[=cumulative]] [--help] [--interval=<n>] [--version] <command>\n";
+
+
+ static char *progname;
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