From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 1/1] tzset.3: Add Environment section Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 07:04:15 +0100 Message-ID: <54CB1EDF.90809@gmail.com> References: <54BAFE98.2090402@gmx.com> <54BC126E.1080904@gmx.com> <54C4F9E7.6090104@gmail.com> <54C97A2D.2050908@gmx.com> <54C9CA11.207@gmail.com> <54CA5F5B.7070405@gmx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <54CA5F5B.7070405-KK0ffGbhmjU@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: J William Piggott Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 01/29/2015 05:27 PM, J William Piggott wrote: > FILES section was overly verbose and included > environment variables. Added ENVIRONMENT section, > removing ENV VARS from the FILES section. > > As stated in commit 2c7f200 > /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime > is not used, nor recommended by glibc. Thanks, William! Applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: J William Piggott > --- > man3/tzset.3 | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man3/tzset.3 b/man3/tzset.3 > index 81fbabe..a9b088d 100644 > --- a/man3/tzset.3 > +++ b/man3/tzset.3 > @@ -182,28 +182,27 @@ Here's an example, once more for New Zealand: > > TZ=":Pacific/Auckland" > .fi > +.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 > -Under glibc, > -the system timezone directory is determined using the > -.BR TZDIR > -the environment variable. > -If > -.BR TZDIR > -is not set, the default depends on the system setup, but is normally > -.IR /usr/share/zoneinfo . > -.LP > -This timezone directory contains the files > - > -.nf > - localtime local timezone file > - posixrules rules for POSIX-style TZ's > -.fi > -.LP > -Often, > -.I /etc/localtime > -is a symbolic link to the file > -.I localtime > -or to the correct timezone file in the system timezone directory. > +.TP > +.B /etc/localtime > +The system timezone file. > +.TP > +.B /usr/share/zoneinfo/ > +The system timezone database directory. > +.TP > +.B /usr/share/zoneinfo/posixrules > +.PP > +Above are the current standard file locations, but they are > +configurable when glibc is compiled. > .SH CONFORMING TO > SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD. > .SH NOTES > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html