Trouble finding the package the command "watch" is in

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: John Petritis
>Sent: 27 June 2005 16:11

> I am looking for the command named "watch"
> 
> I am trying to find the package it is located in.
>
> I haven't had any luck finding it through various search strategies.
> My trouble is probably due to it being such a common word.
> So I have 2 questions?
> 
> 1) Which package do I need to install to get the "watch" command
>
> 2) Is there some sort of way I can list what is in packages to find
> which package it is in?

  Go to http://cygwin.com/packages/ and enter the name of the file you're
seeking.  It'll tell you which package contains it.

  If you get too many matches, and you know that what you're looking for is
the name of the main executable, you can cut down the false matches by
explicitly appending the '.exe' suffix.  Take a look at

http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=watch.exe

and you'll see there's only two possibilities left.  I'll leave it for you
from there!

    cheers,
      DaveK
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