GNU/Linux |
CentOS 2.1AS(Slurm) |
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rdate(1) |
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rdate − get the time via the network
rdate [−p] [−s] [−u] [host...]
rdate connects to an RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP network, printing the returned time and/or setting the system clock.
OPTIONS
−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 transfer protocol. |
2001−05−23 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch@redhat.com>
Added UDP protocol support. Close the connection after message handling in conformance to RFC 868.
2000−02−04 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
Wrote it (previous incarnation had license problems, all 200 lines of it).
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