purpose of /etc/wall_cmos_clock

Lars Eighner luvbeastie at larseighner.com
Tue Mar 3 17:01:16 PST 2009


On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Fbsd1 wrote:

> What is /etc/wall_cmos_clock used for and how is it created?

I thought we covered this last time.  If the zero-length file exits, it
indicates the hardware (cmos) clock keeps local time.  If it is absent, 
UCT is assumed.  See man 8 adjkerntz (and numerous SEE ALSOs).

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