#!/bin/sh # setclock: set the system's CMOS and system times from the network. # Copyright 1994-5 John A. Phillips - john@linux.demon.co.uk # usage: setclock [GMT|local] # Set the zone for the CMOS clock if specified, or use the default. zone=${1:-GMT} # Assign the servers to set the system date and time. If you use more # than one time server it takes longer but you get more reliability. # If ntp, ntp1 and ntp2 seem unreliable, you can use gate instead. # servers="ntp.demon.co.uk ntp1.demon.co.uk ntp2.demon.co.uk" servers="ntp.demon.co.uk" # Assign a temporary file. tmpfile=/tmp/time.set.$$ # Check for valid zones. if [ $zone != "GMT" -a $zone != "local" ]; then echo "usage: setclock [GMT|local]" exit 1 fi # Set the system date and time from the list of servers. /usr/sbin/netdate $servers 2>&1 >$tmpfile # Set the system's CMOS clock from the system date and time. if [ $zone = "local" ]; then /sbin/clock -w 2>&1 >>$tmpfile else /sbin/clock -u -w 2>&1 >>$tmpfile fi # Get the current system date. date 2>&1 >>$tmpfile # Show the date and time. /bin/echo "" /bin/cat $tmpfile /bin/echo "" # Finally, tidy up. rm -f $tmpfile