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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: /etc/localtime?
Date: 24 Jul 1996 17:14:56 +0100
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BOFH (web@typo.org) wrote:
: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: : BOFH (web@typo.org) wrote:
: : : rm /etc/localtime
: : : ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime

: : And don't forget to re-boot.

: Um, no?

: Just rdate to some machine or use ntpdate to adjust the offset. rebooting
: does nothing to sync the clock.


But what about processes like cron ?

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....