Name

rdate

Synopsis

rdate [options] [host...]

Description

TCP/IP command. Retrieve the date and time from a host or hosts on the network and optionally set the local system time.

Options

-p

Print the retrieved dates.

-s

Set the local system time from the host; must be specified by root.

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