1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/busybox/coreutils/watch.c b/busybox/coreutils/watch.c
index f9f40189e..31fadfb85 100644
--- a/busybox/coreutils/watch.c
+++ b/busybox/coreutils/watch.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ extern int watch_main(int argc, char **argv)
         header[len] = 0;
 
         /* thanks to lye, who showed me how to redirect stdin/stdout */
-        old_stdout = dup(1);
+        old_stdout = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
 
         while (1) {
                 time(&t);
@@ -98,13 +98,11 @@ extern int watch_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         sleep(period);
                 } else if (0 == pid) {
                         //child
-                        close(1);
-                        dup(old_stdout);
-                        if (execvp(*watched_argv, watched_argv)) {
-                                bb_error_msg_and_die("Couldn't run command\n");
-                        }
+                        dup2(old_stdout, STDOUT_FILENO);
+                        execvp(*watched_argv, watched_argv);
+                        bb_perror_msg_and_die(*watched_argv);
                 } else {
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die("Couldn't vfork\n");
+                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
                 }
         }
 }