adjkerntz -- adjust local time CMOS clock to reflect time zone changes
and keep current timezone offset for the kernel
adjkerntz -i
adjkerntz -a [-s]
The adjkerntz utility maintains the proper relationship between the kernel
clock, which is always set to UTC, and the CMOS clock, which may be
set to local time. The adjkerntz utility also informs the kernel about
machine timezone shifts to maintain proper timestamps for local time file
systems such as the MS-DOS file system. The main purpose of this thing
is not general fixing of initially broken MS-DOS file timestamp idea but
keeping the same timestamps between FreeBSD MS-DOS file system and MS-DOS
operating system installed on the same machine. If the file
/etc/wall_cmos_clock exists, it means that CMOS clock keeps local time
(MS-DOS and MS-Windows compatible mode). If that file does not exist, it
means that the CMOS clock keeps UTC time. The adjkerntz utility passes
this state to the machdep.wall_cmos_clock kernel variable.
Adjustments may be needed at system startup and shutdown, and whenever a
time zone change occurs. To handle these different situations, adjkerntz
is invoked in two ways:
-i This form handles system startups and shutdowns. The adjkerntz
utility is invoked with this option from /etc/rc on entry to multiuser
mode, before any other daemons have been started. The
adjkerntz utility puts itself into the background. Then, for a
local time CMOS clock, adjkerntz reads the local time from it and
sets the kernel clock to the corresponding UTC time. The adjkerntz
utility also stores the local time zone offset into the
machdep.adjkerntz kernel variable, for use by subsequent invocations
of 'adjkerntz -a' and by local time file systems.
For a local time CMOS clock 'adjkerntz -i' pauses, and remains
inactive as a background daemon until it receives a SIGTERM. The
SIGTERM will normally be sent by init(8) when the system leaves
multi-user mode (usually, because the system is being shut down).
After receiving the SIGTERM, adjkerntz reads the UTC kernel clock
and updates the CMOS clock, if necessary, to ensure that it
reflects the current local time zone. Then adjkerntz exits.
-a [-s]
This form is used to update the local time CMOS clock and kernel
machdep.adjkerntz variable when time zone changes occur, e.g., when
entering or leaving daylight savings time. The adjkerntz utility
uses the kernel clock's UTC time, the previously stored time zone
offset, and the changed time zone rule to calculate a new time zone
offset. It stores the new offset into the machdep.adjkerntz kernel
variable, and updates the wall CMOS clock to the new local time.
If 'adjkerntz -a' was started at a nonexistent time (during a timezone
change), it exits with a warning diagnostic unless the -s
option was used, in which case adjkerntz sleeps 30 minutes and
tries again.
This form should be invoked from root's crontab(5) every half hour
between midnight and 5am, when most modern time zone changes occur.
Warning: don't use the -s option in a crontab(5) command line, or
multiple 'adjkerntz -a' instances could conflict with each other.
The adjkerntz utility clears the kernel timezone structure and makes the
kernel clock run in the UTC time zone. Super-user privileges are
required for all operations.
TZ Time zone change rule, see tzset(3); not needed when
tzsetup(8) or zic(8) is used.
/etc/localtime Current zoneinfo file, see tzsetup(8) and zic(8).
/etc/wall_cmos_clock Empty file. Its presence indicates that the
machine's CMOS clock is set to local time, while
its absence indicates a UTC CMOS clock.
tzset(3), crontab(5), mount_msdosfs(8), rc(8), sysctl(8), tzsetup(8),
zic(8)
No diagnostics. If an error occurs, adjkerntz logs an error message via
syslog(3) and exits with a nonzero return code.
Andrey A. Chernov <[email protected]>
The adjkerntz utility appeared in FreeBSD 1.0.
FreeBSD 5.2.1 April 4, 1996 FreeBSD 5.2.1 [ Back ] |
