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.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.bin/monitor/monitor.1,v 1.3 2008/10/21 14:35:33 swildner Exp $
.Dd October 16, 2008
.Dt MONITOR 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm monitor
.Nd File and directory monitoring utility
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl qvx
.Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility monitors one or more files or directories and outputs the
appropriate file name to stdout whenever a change occurs.
Supported options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl q
Be more quiet.
Specifying this option will cause only the file paths to be output.
.It Fl v
Be more verbose.
.It Fl x
Exit after first hit.
.Nm
will exit after reporting the first event.
.El
.\".Sh EXAMPLES
.\".Sh SEE ALSO
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Dx 2.1 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Matthew Dillon Aq dillon@backplane.com