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1 | .th TRANSCRIBE VI 8/24/77 |
| 2 | .sh NAME | |
| 3 | transcribe \- copy out a file as it grows | |
| 4 | .sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 5 | .bd transcribe | |
| 6 | [ | |
| 7 | .bd \- | |
| 8 | ] [ | |
| 9 | \-interval | |
| 10 | ] [ | |
| 11 | +limit | |
| 12 | ] | |
| 13 | file | |
| 14 | .sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 15 | .it Transcribe | |
| 16 | will copy out the contents of a file which is growing as it grows. | |
| 17 | It alternately copies out the new material in the file and sleeps | |
| 18 | for | |
| 19 | .it interval | |
| 20 | seconds, the default | |
| 21 | .it interval | |
| 22 | is 15 seconds. | |
| 23 | .it Limit | |
| 24 | can be given to limit the total running time of the | |
| 25 | .it transcribe, | |
| 26 | the default is effectively infinite. | |
| 27 | .s3 | |
| 28 | .it Transcribe | |
| 29 | normally copies out all the text currently in the file | |
| 30 | before beginning to watch for new text. | |
| 31 | The option | |
| 32 | .bd \- | |
| 33 | alone causes only new material to be given. | |
| 34 | .s3 | |
| 35 | .it Transcribe | |
| 36 | is particularly useful for alternately watching the output | |
| 37 | file being written by a long shell script or a long-running | |
| 38 | program and doing real work. | |
| 39 | .sh AUTHOR | |
| 40 | William Joy | |
| 41 | .sh BUGS | |
| 42 | Can't handle files which are larger than 32,000 characters. |