Name
rdate
Synopsis
rdate [options] [host...]
TCP/IP command. Retrieve the date and time from a host or hosts on the network and optionally set the local system time.
Options
- -l
Send errors and output to syslogd.
- -p
Print the retrieved dates.
- -s
Set the local system time from the host; must be specified by root.
- -t n
Timeout each retrieval attempt after n seconds.
- -u
Use UDP instead of TCP.
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