tool_watch(1)

💖 tool_watch(1) — The Enhanced Machine Controller 💖

okay bestie, so this page lives in the LinuxCNC manual set (the whole thing is called The Enhanced Machine Controller, iconic name, no notes) and it's all about a lil program called tool_watch. let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

tool_watch — a component of the tool database system, which is basically the glow-up alternative to the classic tooltable 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so real talk: tool_watch is not intended to be invoked by the user. like. it's not for you. it's not for me. it's doing its own thing behind the scenes, main character energy but off-screen. please don't try to run it yourself 🙈

if you do want the tea on what's going on in there, go read the Tool Database Interface section of the LinuxCNC Documentation. everything you need is there, fr fr:

http://linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/tooldatabase/tooldatabase.html

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• LinuxCNC(1)

and also!! there is so much more info about LinuxCNC and HAL waiting for you in the LinuxCNC and HAL User Manuals, which live right here:

/usr/share/doc/LinuxCNC/

go read them, they ate 💖

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💀 BUGS 💀

None known at this time. ✨ flawless, no cap, we love to see it.

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

This man page written by andypugh, as part of the LinuxCNC project. thank you andypugh, you're a real one 🫡

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🔥 REPORTING BUGS 🔥

found something cursed? report bugs at:

https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues

do it for the girls 💅

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2023 andypugh.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

like literally zero warranty bestie. none. not even the merchantability one. not even the fitness-for-a-particular-purpose one. read the source if you wanna know the conditions, periodt.

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and that's the whole page!! this was documented by the LinuxCNC Documentation crew, dated 2023-07-13, and yeah — that's tool_watch(1), wrapped. stay slay, go touch some CNC 🌈💜