-----Original Message----- From: Ken Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 3:54 AM Subject: date >Real newbie question here... I've tried to change the time on my box a >zillion times, something like: > >%date -s 1019235300 > >But it doesn't work, and the man pages are opaque to me, as usual. Seems >like I should put a "+" in there somewhere--it wants me to format it, but >does not give an example of how to do it. I'm not too particular in how it >looks as long as it is the current date and time. Could someone please give >me an example of how this command works? Thanks a zillion! Yeah, it's arcane for my liking too...try the timeconfig tool...heaps easier...if you don't have that, get hold of it from the usual places, sunsite, tsx-11, wuarchive, etc...try changing it in X from the control panel... 'Later Peter -- Visit my online world! (NEW MAPS!) http://www.ticnet.com/azenomei/fels/fels.html Zimbabwe Pages Coming Soon! http://www.ticnet.com/azenomei/zimbabwe/zimbabwe.html Remove the SPAM/TRASH to reply...(Usenet posts only) Cybiades-- Computing for fun! >
