rdate - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
rdate - get the time via the network
SYNOPSIS
rdate [-p] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-t sec] [host...]
DESCRIPTION
rdate connects to an RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP network, printing the returned time and/or setting the system clock.
OPTIONS
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-p |
Print the time returned by the remote machine.
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-s |
Set the system time to the returned time.
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-u |
Use UDP instead of TCP as the transport.
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-l |
Use syslog to output errors (cron.warning) and output (cron.info).
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-t |
Set timeout in seconds for every attempt to retreive date.
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HISTORY
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2004-03-16 Johan Nilsson <[email protected]>
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Timeout support added.
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2002-11-06 Elliot Lee <[email protected]>
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Patch from Tomek Orzechowski <[email protected]> - alarm(10) to not wait
forever for connections.
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2001-05-23 Phil Knirsch <[email protected]>
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Added UDP protocol support.
Close the connection after message handling in conformance to RFC 868.
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2002-03-07 Elliot Lee <[email protected]>
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Add syslog functionality.
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2000-02-04 Elliot Lee <[email protected]>
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Wrote it (previous incarnation had license problems, all 200 lines of it).
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