Add information about TZDIR and improve the ENVIRONMENT section. Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@xxxxxxx> --- sys-utils/hwclock.8.in | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in index fbc10ca..65ab99a 100644 --- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in +++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in @@ -1039,11 +1039,18 @@ time conversion. Attempting to mix and match files from these separate databases will not work, because they each require the System Clock to use a different timescale. The zoneinfo database must be configured to use either posix -or 'right', as described above. -. -.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" -.I TZ -. +or 'right', as described above, or by assigning a database path to the +.SB TZDIR +environment variable. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.TP +.B TZ +If this variable is set its value takes precedence over the system +configured timezone. +.TP +.B TZDIR +If this variable is set its value takes precedence over the system +configured timezone database directory path. .SH FILES .br .I @ADJTIME_PATH@ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
