John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> >
> > I put ' alias rdate="rdate -sp time.nist.gov" ' in 'bashrc'.
> > All I have to do is type 'rdate' and the time and date are set
> > correctly.
> >
> Tom:
> You might also want to add "hwclock --systohc" to that
> alias so that you sync your HARDWARE clock to the software
> one as well. :-) I do it in two steps, since I'm too lazy
> to make that alias myself... :-) 'Course, you probably need
> to make the "rdate" and "hwclock" executeable files run
> SUID, so you don't have to constantly SU to root. :-)
> John
John,(and Tom)
I thought I made it executable SUID but rdate only worked as root. I'll
seek further advice on that problem. As for the hardware clock, I got a
message: bash: alias: 'hwclock --systohc' not found. I added your words
and quotes exactly to the alias for rdate but as a separate phrase; was
that correct?
Anyway, a great leap forward even if it is not automatic and accompanied
by a Big Ben chime. Thanks to you both.
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