Command Reference A-77
NAME
rdate - set system date from a remote host
SYNOPSIS
rdate
hostname
DESCRIPTION
rdate sends a request to the time server on
hostname
and sets the local date
and time to the value returned by the server. rdate will time out if the server
doesnt respond in 10 seconds.
rdate can be added to /etc/rc to automatically synchronize the system time with
the time server on each reboot.
FILES
/etc/rc system initialization command script
SEE ALSO
date, rc
rdate