21 lines
498 B
Groff
21 lines
498 B
Groff
.TH RDATE 8
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.SH NAME
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rdate \- set time and date from a remote host
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B rdate
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.IR host " ..."
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Rdate
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obtains the current time from a remote time server. If run by the
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super-user then local time is set to that time. The time of the remote host
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is printed on standard output.
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.PP
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More than one host name may be specified. They are tried one by one until
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one responds.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR date (1),
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.BR readclock (8),
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.BR inet (8).
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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