From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Apr 4 2:10: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E841837B419 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 02:10:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g34AA1J79644; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 02:10:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 02:10:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200204041010.g34AA1J79644@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Mike DeGraw-Bertsch Subject: Re: docs/35606: date(1) page doesn't say which clock(s) it sets. Reply-To: Mike DeGraw-Bertsch Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/35606; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mike DeGraw-Bertsch To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, swear@blarg.net Cc: Subject: Re: docs/35606: date(1) page doesn't say which clock(s) it sets. Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 05:03:43 -0500 Howdy, This patch adds "The date utility displays the date and time read from the kernel clock. When used to set the date and time, both the kernel clock and the CMOS clock are updated." as the second paragraph in the DESCRIPTION section. -Mike --- date.1.old Thu Apr 4 04:43:58 2002 +++ date.1 Thu Apr 4 05:02:51 2002 @@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ .Nm will set the date and time or print it in a user-defined way. .Pp +The +.Nm +utility displays the date and time read from the kernel clock. +When used to set the date and time, +both the kernel clock and the CMOS clock are updated. +.Pp Only the superuser may set the date, and if the system securelevel (see .Xr securelevel 8 ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message