mtx-watch(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

🎀 mtx-watch(1) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to mtx-watch — the ConTeXt Request Watchdog 💅 this is the man page for it, mtx-watch(1), and yes we're gonna get through the whole thing together, no cap. grab a strawberry 🍓

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like, that's the whole vibe. you run it through mtxrun --script watch, you can throw OPTIONS at it, you can throw FILENAMES at it, or literally both, she doesn't mind 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ConTeXt Request Watchdog

that's it. that's the whole description. iconic of her honestly. she's a watchdog, she watches, that's the job 💀

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --logpath — optional path for log files. optional!! as in you don't have to, but like, if you want your logs somewhere specific, this is where you say so ✨
  • --watch — watch given path [--delay]. she'll keep an eye on the path you hand her, and --delay is in on it too 👀
  • --pipe — use pipe instead of execute. different delivery mechanism, same energy 🎀
  • --delay — delay between sweeps. how long she chills between passes. the gap between one sweep and the next, literally 🌈
  • --automachine — replace /machine/ in path /servername/. she swaps those bad boys out for you automatically 🔥
  • --collect — condense log files. squeeze 'em down, tidy tidy 🧚
  • --cleanup=delay — remove files in given path [--force]. note the =delay bestie, that's part of the option, don't drop it 💅 and it deletes files, so like, be normal about it, okay?
  • --showlog — show log data. just... shows you the log data. useful, gorgeous, no notes 👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

More information about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it can be found at:

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

ok that's the whole page, you ate that 💅 go read the logs, watch the paths, be the watchdog you were born to be 🦋

and that's a wrap on version 1.00, dated 01-01-2026 — the mtx-watch(1) girlies stay winning 😭✨💜

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