mtx-watch(1)

👑 mtx-watch — ConTeXt Request Watchdog

okay bestie, welcome to mtx-watch(1) ✨ this is the ConTeXt Request Watchdog, and yes, it's exactly as iconic as it sounds. it watches stuff for you so you don't have to sit there staring at a terminal like 👁️👄👁️

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

mtxrun --script watch [ OPTIONS ...  ] [ FILENAMES ]

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💖 DESCRIPTION

ConTeXt Request Watchdog 🐕🦺

that's the whole vibe. it watches. it's a watchdog. slay.

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✨ OPTIONS

• --logpath — an optional path for where the log files go 📁
• --watch — watch the given path, and you can pair it with [--delay] 🫶
• --pipe — use a pipe instead of execute 🔀
• --delay — how long to wait between sweeps ⏳
• --automachine — swaps /machine/ in the path for /servername/ 🌀
• --collect — condenses the log files together 🧺
• --cleanup=delay — removes files in the given path, and you can add [--force] 🧹
• --showlog — shows the log data 📜

lowkey important: --cleanup=delay removes files, so like... know what you're doing before you let it cook 💀

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🎀 AUTHOR

More info about ConTeXt and all the tools that come with it lives right here:

• maillist: ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
• webpage: http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
• wiki: http://contextgarden.net

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 💅 this one is version 1.00, dated 01-01-2023, and it's serving you from the ConTeXt Request Watchdog corner of the universe 🌈 go watch some requests, you got this 👑💖