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From: J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] hwclock: add TZDIR
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:11:10 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5503364E.6010302@gmx.com> (raw)

Add information about TZDIR and improve the
ENVIRONMENT section.

Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>
---
 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@

             reply	other threads:[~2015-03-13 19:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-13 19:11 J William Piggott [this message]
2015-03-13 19:15 ` [PATCH 2/5] hwclock: Improve FILES section J William Piggott
2015-03-13 19:18 ` [PATCH 3/5] hwclock: remove depreciated ntpdate J William Piggott
2015-03-15 15:26   ` Benno Schulenberg
2015-03-16  0:19     ` Isaac Dunham
2015-03-16 10:33     ` Karel Zak
2015-03-17  3:37       ` J William Piggott
2015-03-17  9:29         ` Karel Zak
2015-03-17 21:10           ` J William Piggott
2015-03-13 19:22 ` [PATCH 4/5] hwclock: add '11 minute mode' information J William Piggott
2015-03-15 15:47   ` Benno Schulenberg
2015-03-17  9:57     ` Karel Zak
2015-03-18  1:16       ` J William Piggott
2015-03-18  9:43         ` Karel Zak
2015-03-13 19:26 ` [PATCH 5/5] hwclock: man-page errata J William Piggott
2015-03-15 15:51   ` Benno Schulenberg
2015-03-15 15:20 ` [PATCH 1/5] hwclock: add TZDIR Benno Schulenberg
2015-03-16 10:30   ` Karel Zak
2015-03-17  9:58 ` Karel Zak

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