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author | dd <dd@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-11-24 17:02:58 +0000 |
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committer | dd <dd@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-11-24 17:02:58 +0000 |
commit | 50d82a971ed42e0d187ca806ae3f52e65f7f8b21 (patch) | |
tree | ab0d49d64d253468788be033bd4cf5f8052db06b /usr.sbin/watch/watch.8 | |
parent | e665c3253004933543d14230bb20c7001add496f (diff) | |
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Talk about what the user needs to do to get the snp devices, and how
watch(8) will try to help them by loading the module.
PR: 25420
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/watch/watch.8')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/watch/watch.8 | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/watch/watch.8 b/usr.sbin/watch/watch.8 index 5ab09a6..f855ec1 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/watch/watch.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/watch/watch.8 @@ -14,7 +14,16 @@ .Op Ar tty .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Watch -allows the user to examine all data coming through a specified tty. +allows the user to examine all data coming through a specified tty +using the +.Xr snp 4 +device. +If the +.Xr snp 4 +device is not available, +.Nm +will attempt to load the module +.Pq Nm snp . .Nm Watch writes to standard output. .Pp @@ -91,7 +100,8 @@ control-X is passed to the terminal as with other control characters. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pty 4 , .Xr sio 4 , -.Xr snp 4 +.Xr snp 4 , +.Xr kldload 8 .Sh BUGS No terminal emulation is performed. All user output is reproduced as-is. |