Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 00:27:19 +0100 From: Robert Brive <brive@freebsd-fr.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: documenting nonexistent files Message-ID: <20001201002719.C402@ppp1-cergy.isdnet.net> In-Reply-To: <20001130091604.A7428@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>; from Brooks Davis on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 09:16:04AM -0800 References: <4910.975533445@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> <p05001918b64b6effa13c@[192.168.168.205]> <20001130091604.A7428@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 09:16:04AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 11:07:59PM -0800, Rich Morin wrote: >[...] > > > * What is the exact purpose of /etc/localtime? Who creates it? > > file says it's timezone data. I'm don't know how it's actually used. Purpose: to work with a GMT clock (internal or with other computers) and local time (for user interface), Who create it: zic(8) Files: /etc/localtime is a copy of one of the file in /usr/share/zoneinfo Manipulated: by hand or by sysinstall (configure/zoneinfo). Other related file: /etc/wall_cmos_clock - if the file is present, the CMOS clock is considered to be "local" (it is only usefull for PC with a multi-boot Windows/FreeBSD). Environment: TZ (see date(1)). -- Robert Brive <robert.brive@mail.dotcom.fr> <brive@freebsd-fr.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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