POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : Re: solving a linux problem : Re: solving a linux problem Server Time
28 Jul 2024 14:20:15 EDT (-0400)
  Re: solving a linux problem  
From: Francois Dispot
Date: 9 Sep 2000 16:30:17
Message: <39BA9DC5.E0E7E20F@club-internet.fr>
Matt Giwer wrote:
> 
> Francois Dispot wrote:
> >
> > Matt Giwer wrote:
> > >
> > >         I'm still learning linux. Its only been a bit over 8 months. Being up
> > > for essentially as long as you want it to be up is a problem in that the
> > > clock drifts. I know ... such problems to have.
> > >
> > >         Create a file with this line and put it in your cron.hourly directory
> > > presuming full time network connect. Manual execution as root or
> > > whatever else. Of course make it +xxx.
> > >
> > > rtime -s tock.usno.navy.mil
> > >
> > >         It corrects you to US Naval observatory time. It sets to half the
> > > transit time but you might want to pick a time source closer to home.
> >
> > ... or install and configure [x]ntpd.
> 
>         No man page for either on Redhat 6.2. rtime came with.

Most modern packages don't come with a man page (which imho is a shame).
Look in your /usr/doc directory.

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