On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Jim Osborn wrote:
According to man hwclock in 7.1 -s means hctosys, so it is not just an abbreviation, but just an option left over for compatibility reasons.
Thanks for that info, Ole.
I take it your hwclock man page is newer/different from mine in SuSE6.3, which is dated: 02 March 1998? It would be nice if they had been updated since then.
I actually think we have the same page. At least, mine is also dated 02 March 1998. I think the difference is how we read it. The top of the man-page says: -------------------- HWCLOCK(8) HWCLOCK(8) NAME hwclock - query and set the hardware clock (RTC) SYNOPSIS hwclock -r or hwclock --show hwclock -w or hwclock --systohc hwclock -s or hwclock --hctosys hwclock -a or hwclock --adjust hwclock -v or hwclock --version -------------------- These lines might just mean that those options cannot be used together, but they might also mean that the 2 options shown on each line is equivalent. Regards Ole