Debian bug report logs - #945
clock (-u) question

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From: jwl@atlanta.cray.com (James W. Lynch)
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To: jimr@simons-rock.edu, jwl@atlanta.cray.com (James W. Lynch)
Subject: Re: clock (-u) question
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> Package: sysvinit
> Version: 2.56
> 
> > How is clock supposed to work?  It seems like it might read the
> > CMOS clock and set the Unix time to some number.  If so it has to
> > know what local time is (offset from GMT) if you leave off the
> > -u maybe?  I tried to set TZ earlier in the boot script, but that
> > didn't affect it either.
> 
> 
> I'm also having a problem with clock. I *believe* it is because the
> init.d/boot file runs clock before it mounts the other file systems,
> and I happen to have /usr on a "local" file system.
> 
> --- snip ---
> 	# Set GMT="-u" if your system clock is set to GMT, and GMT=""
> 	# if not.
> 	GMT=""
> 	# Set and adjust the CMOS clock.
> 	clock -s $GMT
> 	if [ ! -f /etc/adjtime ]
> 	then
> 	  echo "0.0 0 0.0" > /etc/adjtime
> 	fi
> 	clock -a $GMT
>  
> 	# Mount local file systems in /etc/fstab.
> 	echo "Mounting local file systems..."
> 	mount -avt nonfs
> --- snip ---
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
Jim,

Moving the clock line to after the mount fixed my problem.

Thanks,
Jim.

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