rdate man page on CentOS
Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   8420 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
CentOS logo
[printable version] 
RDATE(1)			    Red Hat			      RDATE(1)

NAME
       rdate - get the time via the network

SYNOPSIS
       rdate [-p] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-t sec] [host...]

DESCRIPTION
       rdate  connects to an RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP network, print‐
       ing the returned time and/or setting the system clock.

   OPTIONS
       -p     Print the time returned by the remote machine.

       -s     Set the system time to the returned time.

       -u     Use UDP instead of TCP as the transport.

       -l     Use  syslog  to  output	errors	 (cron.warning)	  and	output
	      (cron.info).

       -t     Set timeout in seconds for every attempt to retreive date.

HISTORY
       2004-03-16 Johan Nilsson <joh-nils@dsv.su.se>
	      Timeout support added.

       2002-11-06 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
	      Patch  from Tomek Orzechowski <orzech@pld.org.pl> - alarm(10) to
	      not wait forever for connections.

       2001-05-23 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch@redhat.com>
	      Added UDP protocol support.  Close the connection after  message
	      handling in conformance to RFC 868.

       2002-03-07 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
	      Add syslog functionality.

       2000-02-04 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
	      Wrote  it	 (previous  incarnation	 had license problems, all 200
	      lines of it).

Utilities			   May 2001			      RDATE(1)
[top]

List of man pages available for CentOS

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net