From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:50375 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751780AbbCMTLU (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:11:20 -0400 Message-ID: <5503364E.6010302@gmx.com> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:11:10 -0400 From: J William Piggott MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karel Zak CC: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 1/5] hwclock: add TZDIR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Add information about TZDIR and improve the ENVIRONMENT section. Signed-off-by: J William Piggott --- 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@