Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!xanth!ames!zorch!pacbell!ctnews!starfish!cdold From: cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general Subject: Re: Accurate Timekeeping Keywords: real time clock, system time Message-ID: <834@starfish.Convergent.COM> Date: 2 Dec 88 04:58:56 GMT References: <6163@fluke.COM> Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA Lines: 19 From article <6163@fluke.COM>, by vince@tc.fluke.COM (Craig Johnson): > I have gotten tired of my 7300 keeping inaccurate time. [ ... ] > If your Unix-pc has been up for a while, login as someone other than > root and type, > > $ date -; date > The newer Convergent Systems do have such a line in the crontab: 0 4 * * * (echo "setting the system date\nfrom: \c"; date; date -; echo "to: \c"; date) >/dev/console -- Clarence A Dold - cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (408) 434-2083 ...pyramid!ctnews!professo!dold MailStop 18-011 P.O.Box 6685, San Jose, CA 95150-6685 -- Clarence A Dold - cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (408) 434-2083 ...pyramid!ctnews!professo!dold MailStop 18-011 P.O.Box 6685, San Jose, CA 95150-6685