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Writing the system clock time to the hardware clock

How do I write the system clock time to the hardware clock ?

I'd like to be able to do it manually and also enforce it at reboot time.

Thanks for your help.

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TomPating

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If you want to execute it on boot time,

check if /etc/rc.local exists, put your command in file /etc/rc.local

otherwise:

1)cd /etc/init.d

2)echo "hwclock> hclock

3)chmod 755 hclock

4)cd /etc/rc2.d

5)ln -s /etc/hclock s99clock

change step 5 if default runlenel is other than 2

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jalal

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hwclock is exactly what I was looking for ! Thank you !

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TomPating

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With the clock or hwclock command.

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