void-packages/srcpkgs/procps/patches/watch.1.patch

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Description: Cleanup of manual page and cumulative is a parameter not option
Author: jidanni@jidanni.org
Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/527193
Reviewed-by: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
Index: b/watch.1
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--- a/watch.1 2009-11-24 20:53:04.000000000 +1100
+++ b/watch.1 2009-11-24 21:00:36.000000000 +1100
@@ -1,45 +1,54 @@
-.TH WATCH 1 "1999 Apr 3" " " "Linux User's Manual"
+.TH WATCH 1 "2009 May 11" " " "Linux User's Manual"
.SH NAME
watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
.SH SYNOPSIS
+.na
.B watch
-.I [\-dhvt] [\-n <seconds>] [\-\-differences[=cumulative]] [\-\-help] [\-\-interval=<seconds>] [\-\-no\-title] [\-\-version] <command>
+.RB [ \-dhvt ]
+.RB [ \-n
+.IR seconds ]
+.RB [ \-\-differences[=\fIcumulative\fP]]
+.RB [ \-\-help ]
+.RB [ \-\-interval=\fIseconds\fP]
+.RB [ \-\-no\-title ]
+.RB [ \-\-version ]
+.I command
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.BR watch
+.B watch
runs
.I command
repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull). This allows you to
watch the program output change over time. By default, the program is run
every 2 seconds; use
-.I -n
+.B \-n
or
-.I --interval
+.B \-\-interval
to specify a different interval.
.PP
The
-.I -d
+.B \-d
or
-.I --differences
-flag will highlight the differences between successive updates. The
-.I --cumulative
-option makes highlighting "sticky", presenting a running display of all
+.B \-\-differences
+flag will highlight the differences between successive updates. Using
+.B \-\-differences=\fIcumulative\fP
+makes highlighting "sticky", presenting a running display of all
positions that have ever changed. The
-.I -t
+.B \-t
or
-.I --no-title
+.B \-\-no\-title
option turns off the header showing the interval, command, and current
time at the top of the display, as well as the following blank line.
.PP
-.BR watch
+.B watch
will run until interrupted.
.SH NOTE
Note that
.I command
-is given to "sh -c"
+is given to "sh \-c"
which means that you may need to use extra quoting to get the desired effect.
.PP
Note that POSIX option processing is used (i.e., option processing stops at
-the first non-option argument). This means that flags after
+the first non\-option argument). This means that flags after
.I command
don't get interpreted by
.BR watch
@@ -61,20 +70,20 @@
To see the effects of quoting, try these out
.IP
watch echo $$
-.IP
+.br
watch echo '$$'
-.IP
+.br
watch echo "'"'$$'"'"
.PP
You can watch for your administrator to install the latest kernel with
.IP
-watch uname -r
+watch uname \-r
.PP
(Just kidding.)
.SH BUGS
Upon terminal resize, the screen will not be correctly repainted until the
next scheduled update. All
-.I --differences
+.B \-\-differences
highlighting is lost on that update as well.
.PP
Non-printing characters are stripped from program output. Use "cat -v" as