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rdate(ADMN)


rdate -- notify time server that date has changed

Syntax

rdate

Description

rdate notifies timed(ADMN) that the system date has changed. If the local time server is a master, it will notify all of the slaves that the time has changed. If it is a slave, it will request that the master update the time.

rdate should be run whenever root sets the date with date(C). A shell script such as the following could be used to do both automatically.

   :  # # mv /bin/date /bin/s5date # install as /bin/date #
   PATH=/bin:/usr/bin s5date $* rdate

See also

adjtime(S), date(C), gettimeofday(S), icmp(ADMP), rdate(ADMN), timed(ADMN), timedc(ADMN)
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