Rdate - Revision history

Christoph: Rdate (command) moved to Rdate

2007-04-26T02:08:43Z

Christoph at 02:08, 26 April 2007

2007-04-26T02:08:36Z

Christoph at 07:35, 2 November 2006

2006-11-02T07:35:20Z

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'''rdate''' is a TCP/IP [[:Category:Linux Command Line Tools|command]] used to retrieve the date and time from a host or hosts on the network and optionally set the local system time.

== Usage ==

rdate [options] [host...]

=== Options ===
; -l : Send errors and output to syslogd.
; -p : Print the retrieved dates.
; -s : Set the local system time from the host; must be specified by root.
; -t n : Timeout each retrieval attempt after n seconds.
; -u : Use UDP instead of TCP.

=== Example ===
* e.g. add the following to a file in your <tt>/etc/cron.hourly/</tt> dir (after choosing an NTP):
/usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov # or, "time.u.washington.edu", etc.

== External links ==
* [http://freshmeat.net/projects/openrdate/ openrdate]

[[Category:Linux Command Line Tools]]

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