Re: date and time lost after reboot

[Anthony Campbell <acampbell@achc.demon.co.uk>]

On 22 Oct 1999, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Anthony Campbell (acampbell@achc.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> 
> > I think something is writing to
> > the hardware clock on closing down but what could this be?
> 
> /etc/rc*.d/*hwclock.sh (which are symlinks to /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh).
> 
> The relevant code from my version of hwclock.sh is this:
> 
>         stop|restart|reload)
>                 [ "$GMT" = "-u" ] && GMT="--utc"
>                 hwclock --systohc $GMT
>                 if [ "$VERBOSE" != no ]
>                 then
>                         echo "CMOS clock updated to `date`."
>                 fi
>                 ;;
> 


I have this too, but if I understand it aright it ought to set the hw
clock to the correct time (assuming one has the  right time initially.
I'll try inactivating it and see what happens.

Anthony


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