DIFFMON(1)

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💖 DIFFMON(1) 💖

okay bestie, sit DOWN, because we're talking about diffmon — the lil general commands manual icon that lives on your system and just… watches your files for you. no cap. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

diffmon — Monitor files on your system. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

diffmon [options]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so like, this manual page documents the diffmon command, briefly. that's the vibe. short, sweet, iconic. 🎀

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

first things first, bestie: this program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, which means long options start with two dashes (-). a whole summary of the options is right below, so let's get into it. 💜

  • -D, --debug — turns on shell debugging, aka literally just set -x. it's giving "let me see everything" energy. 🫶
  • -C, --compress-program CPROG — use CPROG to compress saved file images. your compressor, your rules. 💖
  • -c, --config-file FILE — use FILE as the config file instead of the default one. and listen: if FILE is not an absolute pathname, it goes searching through DIFFMONPATH for it. yes ma'am, it hunts. 🔍
  • -e, --errors-to MAINTAINER — stderr gets reported to MAINTAINER via email. and if MAINTAINER is set to "maintainer", the default maintainer is assumed (see above). cute lil shortcut, fr fr. 📧
  • -h, --help — you're looking at it. 💀 iconic answer, no notes.
  • -o, --old DIR — old reference files are kept and looked for in DIR instead of the default. like a lil archive shelf for your oldies. 🗂️
  • -p, --config-path CPATH — use CPATH to search for configuration files instead of the default path. this overrides the value of the DIFFMONPATH environment variable, so it's the main character here, lowkey. 👑
  • -S, --suffix SUFFIX — compressed file suffix. that's it, that's the whole thing. ✨
  • -Z, --zcat-program ZPROG — use ZPROG to read a compressed file and output the uncompressed version. important: it should not uncompress the file itself. just read and spill, bestie. 🙈
  • -n, --no-update — don't update the saved file images. sometimes you just wanna leave things exactly how they are. periodt. 🧚

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

this manual page was written by Jeff Bailey <jbailey@gnu.org>. Copyright (C) 2002 Jeff Bailey. This document is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN. 💖

and that's the whole page, bestie — every flag, every default, every lil detail, all present and accounted for. slay. 💅

okay so that's diffmon(1) from the General Commands Manual, and the source/version-and-date vibe check on this one is February 22nd, 2002. yes, it's a vintage queen and she ate. 🎀✨ bye bestie, go monitor some files. 🦋💜

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