On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Phineas Pett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello List, > > I'm attempting to setup a native Plan 9 system for the first time, but > I'm having a bit of trouble getting the timezone to ``stick.'' > > Putting the following in my /lib/profile seemed the intuitive and > correct thing to do: > > bind /adm/timezone/US_Central /adm/timezone/local > > But it does not work, and I don't understand why.
I wouldn't expect this to work. According to date(1), /adm/timezone/local is copied into /env/timezone by init, meaning your bind comes far too late. You need to physically copy the file over, and then presumably reboot to get everything set properly. > > The following also failed: > > cat /adm/timezone/US_Central > /adm/timezone/local > Did you reboot after doing this? John
