On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 08:51:25 +0200 , Michael Sternberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for updated files that contain zones info (zones, cities, > daylight savings etc) that can be used as input file for /usr/sbin/zic.
Look at ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2002c.tar.gz (127KB) It contain all the rules for making the zone info files and MANY comments. It also contains several files which are not needed. By removing the comments and unneeded files you can cut it to about 20-30KB (my estimate). You should edit the zone data files to suit your needs (probably by a script to facilitate the updates). This site updates the tzdata about 3-6 times a year (this is the 3rd version for 2002). You can also found there the most updated sources for tz programs. You should read the tz-link.htm (from tzcode2002c.tar.gz) for a larger perspective. On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:12:19 +0300 , Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: TZ> TZ> However, this is a good time to ask: exactly how binary-compatible is the TZ> cmpiled file? >From my experience (and reading) the binary (zic compiled) file are compatible on ALL systems using zone-info files (according to the above site - GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DJGPP, HP-UX, IRIX, Open UNIX, Solaris, and Tru64 - all use the same source). Ehud. -- Ehud Karni Tel: +972-3-7966-561 /"\ Mivtach - Simon Fax: +972-3-7966-667 \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign Insurance agencies (USA) voice mail and X Against HTML Mail http://www.mvs.co.il FAX: 1-815-5509341 / \ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Better Safe Than Sorry ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
