Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 05:03:07 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Zachary Drew <drew0054@tc.umn.edu> Cc: Jamie Hermans <freebsd@quadrhys.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: adjkerntz & crontab question. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006270455410.20207-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.20.0006261144130.5526-100000@garnet.tc.umn.edu>
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Zachary Drew wrote:
> Thanks but i know what it does, i'm just wondering why its run several
> times in the early morning.
I think the reasoning behind running it everyday between midnight and 5am
is so that it will adjust for daylight savings, no matter where in the
world you are - it's a generic workaround. Don't worry about it - it only
takes a millisecond (or two) to run...
>
> Zach
>
>
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Jamie Hermans wrote:
>
> > Hiya...
> >
> > Rumour is that it affects daylight savings time. I think if your time zone
> > does not follow the fall-behind leap-ahead effects, you can remove that
> > line.
> >
> > As an educated guess: ADJust KERNal TimeZone
> >
> > Someone correct me if I'm wrong...
> >
> > ... Jamie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Zachary Drew
> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 2:37 am
> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: adjkerntz & crontab question.
> >
> >
> >
> > why is "adjkerntz -a" run several times in the early morning from
> > /etc/crontab?
> >
> > # time zone change adjustment for wall cmos clock,
> > # does nothing, if you have UTC cmos clock.
> > # See adjkerntz(8) for details.
> > 1,31 0-5 * * * root adjkerntz -a
> >
> > i've looked in the mail archives and adjkerntz(8) and nothing
> > mentions why it is run several times over a five hour period.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Zach
> >
> >
> >
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