#!/bin/sh # hwclock.sh Set system clock to hardware clock, according to the UTC # setting in /etc/default/rcS (see also rcS(5)). # # WARNING: If your hardware clock is not in UTC/GMT, this script # must know the local time zone. This information is # stored in /etc/localtime. This might be a problem if # your /etc/localtime is a symlink to something in # /usr/share/zoneinfo AND /usr isn't in the root # partition! The workaround is to define TZ either # in /etc/default/rcS, or in the proper place below. [ ! -x /sbin/hwclock ] && exit 0 . /etc/default/rcS [ "$UTC" = yes ] && UTC=-u || UTC=-l case "$1" in start) if [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] then echo "System time was `date`." echo "Setting the System Clock using the Hardware Clock as reference..." fi if [ "$HWCLOCKACCESS" != no ] then if [ -z "$TZ" ] then hwclock -s $UTC else TZ="$TZ" hwclock -s $UTC fi fi if [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] then echo "System Clock set. System local time is now `date`." fi ;; stop|restart|reload|force-reload) # # Updates the Hardware Clock with the System Clock time. # This will *override* any changes made to the Hardware Clock. # # WARNING: If you disable this, any changes to the system # clock will not be carried across reboots. # if [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] then echo "Saving the System Clock time to the Hardware Clock..." fi if [ "$HWCLOCKACCESS" != no ] then hwclock -w $UTC fi if [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] then echo "Hardware Clock updated to `date`." fi exit 0 ;; show) if [ "$HWCLOCKACCESS" != no ] then hwclock -r $UTC fi ;; *) echo "Usage: hwclock.sh {start|stop|show|reload|restart}" >&2 echo " start sets kernel (system) clock from hardware (RTC) clock" >&2 echo " stop and reload set hardware (RTC) clock from kernel (system) clock" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac