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mr_manny · #1 (**permalink**) 22-12-2009, 11:13 PM

watch is a common linux command that executes a program periodically, showing output fullscreen.

I couldn't find anything for hpux, so I created the following shell which the user is testing:

cat /usr/bin/watch

Code:

#!/bin/sh

while [ 1 ] ; do
clear
echo "Command: $*"
date
echo ""
( $* )
sleep 10
done

is anyone aware of where I could find "watch" or anything equivalent for hpux?

thanks and hh,
manny

nixcraft · #2 (**permalink**) 22-12-2009, 11:41 PM

watch is GNU utility and is part of procps package. You can download source from the Internet and see if you can compile it locally.
procps - Downloads

mr_manny · #3 (**permalink**) 23-12-2009, 03:11 AM

thanks for the info...any compile notes you wish to share?

thanks in advance,
manny

nixcraft · #4 (**permalink**) 23-12-2009, 07:18 AM

First, you need HPUX compiler and libraries installed. You also need libncurses developer libs. Untar the downloaded tar ball.
cd to new directory and type make

Code:

make

OR

Code:

make watch

O/P

Code:

cc -D_GNU_SOURCE -I proc -I/usr/include/ncurses -fno-common -ffast-math -W -Wall -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wredundant-decls -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -O2 -s -m64 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wpadded -Wstrict-aliasing -fweb -frename-registers -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-inline-functions -c -o watch.o watch.c
watch.c: In function ‘main’:
watch.c:255: warning: ignoring return value of ‘asprintf’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
cc -fno-common -ffast-math -W -Wall -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wredundant-decls -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -O2 -s -m64 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wpadded -Wstrict-aliasing -fweb -frename-registers -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-inline-functions watch.o -Wl,-warn-common  -o watch -lncurses

Run it:

Code:

./watch

O/p

Code:

Usage: ./watch [-dhntv] [--differences[=cumulative]] [--help] [--interval=<n>] [--no-title] [--version] <command>

I'm not sure this will work under HP-UX as they have propitiatory kernel, libs and interfaces. But give it a try...

HTH

nixcraft · #5 (**permalink**) 23-12-2009, 07:24 AM

Alternatily, take a look a the following url. It has Open Source Software packages ported to HP-UX. Try searching
Porting And Archive Centre For HP-UX

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