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.th TRANSCRIBE VI 8/24/77
.sh NAME
transcribe \- copy out a file as it grows
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd transcribe
[
.bd \-
] [
\-interval
] [
+limit
]
file
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Transcribe
will copy out the contents of a file which is growing as it grows.
It alternately copies out the new material in the file and sleeps
for
.it interval
seconds, the default
.it interval
is 15 seconds.
.it Limit
can be given to limit the total running time of the
.it transcribe,
the default is effectively infinite.
.s3
.it Transcribe
normally copies out all the text currently in the file
before beginning to watch for new text.
The option
.bd \-
alone causes only new material to be given.
.s3
.it Transcribe
is particularly useful for alternately watching the output
file being written by a long shell script or a long-running
program and doing real work.
.sh AUTHOR
William Joy
.sh BUGS
Can't handle files which are larger than 32,000 characters.