watch: add additional notes about environment
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@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ procps-ng NEXT
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* top: ensure config file backward compatibility Debian #951335
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* top: add command line 'e' for symmetry with 'E' issue #165
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* vmstat: Wide mode gives wider proc columns merge #48
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* watch: Add environment variable for interval merge #62
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procps-ng-3.3.16
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.TH WATCH 1 "2018-03-03" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
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.TH WATCH 1 "2020-05-12" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ failed, or command exited up on error.
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.TP
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.B other
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The watch will propagate command exit status as child exit status.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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The behaviour of
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.B watch
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is affected by the following environment variables.
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.TP
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.B WATCH_INTERVAL
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Update interval, follows the same rules as the
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.B \-\-interval
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command line option.
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.SH NOTES
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POSIX option processing is used (i.e., option processing stops at
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the first non\-option argument). This means that flags after
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watch.c
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atexit(close_stdout);
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interval_string = getenv("WATCH_INTERVAL");
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if(interval_string != NULL)
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if(interval_string != NULL)
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interval = strtod_nol_or_err(interval_string, _("Could not parse interval from WATCH_INTERVAL"));
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while ((optc =
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