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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-15 18:05:14 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-15 18:05:14 +0000
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Little nit pick in date(1) manual page, tell users which clock date(1)
sets PR: 35606
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+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ Otherwise, depending on the options specified,
.Nm
will set the date and time or print it in a user-defined way.
.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+utility displays the date and time read from the kernel clock.
+When used to set the date and time,
+both the kernel clock and the CMOS clock are updated.
+.Pp
Only the superuser may set the date,
and if the system securelevel (see
.Xr securelevel 8 )
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