I am runnning solaris v8 on an intel box. How can I update the system 
time without bringing down the system and using the bios.


Thank you for your help


phil

pil blaster wrote:
> 
> I am runnning solaris v8 on an intel box. How can I update the system
> time without bringing down the system and using the bios.
> 
> Thank you for your help
> 
> phil

Hi


rdate clock.psu.edu

In article <3F1EF576.5010000@optonline.net>,
pil blaster  <_phil_blaster@optonline.net> wrote:
>I am runnning solaris v8 on an intel box. How can I update the system 
>time without bringing down the system and using the bios.

man date

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thanks, this comes under RTFM!
I didn't know date could update the system time.
I thought it would only display.

again, RTFM!
thanks

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <3F1EF576.5010000@optonline.net>,
> pil blaster  <_phil_blaster@optonline.net> wrote:
> 
>>I am runnning solaris v8 on an intel box. How can I update the system 
>>time without bringing down the system and using the bios.
> 
> 
> man date
> 

cool!
thanks

David Michaels wrote:
> pil blaster wrote:
> 
>>I am runnning solaris v8 on an intel box. How can I update the system
>>time without bringing down the system and using the bios.
>>
>>Thank you for your help
>>
>>phil
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> 
> rdate clock.psu.edu

In article <3F1EF476.4C426885@uc.edu>,
David Michaels  <david.michaels@uc.edu> wrote:
>rdate clock.psu.edu

The OP's ISP likely has a local timeserver for their customers.
uc.edu likely does as well.

John
groenveld@acm.org