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-rw-r--r--procps/watch.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/procps/watch.c b/procps/watch.c
index ad44b3a3e..126945c40 100644
--- a/procps/watch.c
+++ b/procps/watch.c
@@ -32,13 +32,19 @@ int watch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
char *header;
char *cmd;
+#if 0 // maybe ENABLE_DESKTOP?
+ // procps3 compat - "echo TEST | watch cat" doesn't show TEST:
+ close(STDIN_FILENO);
+ xopen("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+#endif
+
opt_complementary = "-1:n+"; // at least one param; -n NUM
// "+": stop at first non-option (procps 3.x only)
opt = getopt32(argv, "+dtn:", &period);
argv += optind;
// watch from both procps 2.x and 3.x does concatenation. Example:
- // watch ls -l "a /tmp" "2>&1" -- ls won't see "a /tmp" as one param
+ // watch ls -l "a /tmp" "2>&1" - ls won't see "a /tmp" as one param
cmd = *argv;
while (*++argv)
cmd = xasprintf("%s %s", cmd, *argv); // leaks cmd
@@ -51,7 +57,9 @@ int watch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
const unsigned time_len = sizeof("1234-67-90 23:56:89");
time_t t;
- get_terminal_width_height(STDIN_FILENO, &new_width, NULL);
+ // STDERR_FILENO is procps3 compat:
+ // "watch ls 2>/dev/null" does not detect tty size
+ get_terminal_width_height(STDERR_FILENO, &new_width, NULL);
if (new_width != width) {
width = new_width;
free(header);
@@ -62,7 +70,8 @@ int watch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
strftime(header + width - time_len, time_len,
"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime(&t));
- printf("%s\n\n", header); /* compat: empty line */
+ // compat: empty line between header and cmd output
+ printf("%s\n\n", header);
}
fflush_all();
// TODO: 'real' watch pipes cmd's output to itself