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NAME

6       rdate - get the time via the network
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SYNOPSIS

9       rdate [-p] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-t sec] [host...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       rdate  connects to an RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP network, print‐
13       ing the returned time and/or setting the system clock.
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15   OPTIONS
16       -p     Print the time returned by the remote machine.
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18       -s     Set the system time to the returned time.
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20       -u     Use UDP instead of TCP as the transport.
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22       -l     Use  syslog  to  output   errors   (cron.warning)   and   output
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25       -t     Set timeout in seconds for every attempt to retrieve date.
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HISTORY

28       2004-03-16 Johan Nilsson <joh-nils@dsv.su.se>
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31       2002-11-06 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
32              Patch  from Tomek Orzechowski <orzech@pld.org.pl> - alarm(10) to
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35       2001-05-23 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch@redhat.com>
36              Added UDP protocol support.  Close the connection after  message
37              handling in conformance to RFC 868.
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39       2002-03-07 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
40              Add syslog functionality.
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42       2000-02-04 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
43              Wrote  it  (previous  incarnation  had license problems, all 200
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