I am the (humble) maker of this *nix box. I don't know the destination TZ of any particular board shipped from the factory. Only the (non-*nix) startup personnel know exactly where in the world they are. 'timeconfig' is simple enough for me, but these guys are leery of a putty/bash shell. I think perhaps the optimal compromise will be timeconfig. (Thanks Aj) Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (610)796-5838 >>> "Bell, David I." <David_I_Bell@xxxxxxxxxx> 04/12/04 02:32PM >>> Hi Brian, Is the application being installed on an existing *nix box? If so, can you assume that the TZ referenced by /etc/localtime is already correct? Therefore, can you just source /etc/localtime (e.g. . /etc/localtime) into your startup script and declare victory? -- David =============================================================== David I. Bell | Intuit Technical Education | direct 650-944-5082 > -----Original Message----- > From: shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Brian T. Brunner > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 11:18 AM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: The Tao of Time (RFI) > > > > Hi David, you understand correctly. This is a shell script > to start a service. > /etc/rc is the parent script. > I guess /etc/rc needs to get TZ set correctly before it fires > off the several > services, or each service script that cares what time it is > must set TZ itself. > > If that is the key, then my problem evolves thus: This *nix > based application > will be installed on oil rigs & similar sites in remote > localities by non-*nix > personnel, and left in the care of non-*nix personnel. When > installed the TZ > value must be set correctly in whatever place (for that place) > (/etc/localtime->/usr/share/zoneinfo/mumble) > > I'm curious how to do that... tzselect is simple on the front > end but doesn't > set up the environment, and doesn't look like the info > necessary to set the > /etc/localtime symlink > > I can't be inventing this... this has got to be old hat.... > > Brian Brunner > brian.t.brunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > (610)796-5838 > > >>> "Bell, David I." <David_I_Bell@xxxxxxxxxx> 04/12/04 01:58PM >>> > Hi Brian, > > > Wanted: what command in the service shell script will load > > local time into the services' environment? > > I don't understand what you mean when you say "service shell" > and "services > environment". If your talking about stuff that gets started > via init (for > run levels) or stuff that gets started up via xinetd in > respsonse to an > inbound request for a network daemon, then you need to get the TZ > environment variable set correctly as part of the startup. > > HTH. Ask for more details if the above isn't enough. > > -- David > > =============================================================== > David I. Bell | Intuit Technical Education | direct 650-944-5082 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Brian T. 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