From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Nov 30 15:37:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from postfix1.free.fr (postfix1.free.fr [212.27.32.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 080A937B402 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:37:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from ppp1-cergy.isdnet.net (paris11-nas9-36-205.dial.proxad.net [212.27.36.205]) by postfix1.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F22928144 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 00:37:24 +0100 (MET) Received: (from robert@localhost) by ppp1-cergy.isdnet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA00936 for freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 00:36:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from robert) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 00:27:19 +0100 From: Robert Brive To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: documenting nonexistent files Message-ID: <20001201002719.C402@ppp1-cergy.isdnet.net> References: <4910.975533445@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> <20001130091604.A7428@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <20001130091604.A7428@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>; from Brooks Davis on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 09:16:04AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message