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| 1 | .TH RDATE 8
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | rdate \- set time and date from a remote host
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | .B rdate
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| 6 | .IR host " ..."
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| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 8 | .B Rdate
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| 9 | obtains the current time from a remote time server. If run by the
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| 10 | super-user then local time is set to that time. The time of the remote host
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| 11 | is printed on standard output.
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| 12 | .PP
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| 13 | More than one host name may be specified. They are tried one by one until
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| 14 | one responds.
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| 15 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 16 | .BR date (1),
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| 17 | .BR readclock (8),
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| 18 | .BR inet (8).
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| 19 | .SH AUTHOR
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| 20 | Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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