Subject: Re: Bug#3860: procps should have Replaces: watch

From: Bdale Garbee <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 22:57:33 -0600

In article <[email-masked]> you wrote:
: 
: Package: procps
: Version: 1.01a-1                            
: 
: The new procps effectively replaces the watch package [1], so it should also
: have a "Replaces: watch:" [2].

Is the functionality provided by the 'watch' in procps the same as the 'watch'
in the 'watch' package?  I'd be surprised if it is...

Bdale

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 07:50 EDT

Bdale> Is the functionality provided by the 'watch' in procps the same as
  Bdale> the 'watch' in the 'watch' package?  I'd be surprised if it is...

It is indeed. Here's the (new) man page of the procps watch:

watch(1)         Pyramid OSx Operating System          watch(1)

NAME
     watch - watch a program with update intervals

SYNOPSIS
     watch  [-n] seconds program [ args ... ]

DESCRIPTION
     watch is a curses(3X) based program that allows
     you to watch a program as it changes.  By default, it
     updates itself every 2 seconds.  You can specify the number
     of seconds with the -n option.  The curses packages allows
     for quick updating of the screen through cursor
     optimization.  The program will end with a keyboard
     interrupt, which will leave the screen in a
     valid yet cleared state.

EXAMPLE
     try:
     On BSD:      watch -n 1 ps u

     On System V:      watch -n 1 ps -f

SEE ALSO
     curses(3X)

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