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Old 03-14-2007, 09:41 PM   #1
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Unhappy Tried to set time with hwclock and entered something wrong!


Hi All,

I typed the following:

hwclock --set --date="3/14/2007 "21:00:00"

One to many quotation marks. Now I have > for a prompt. Also, the system will not act on any command I enter. Please help! Thanks to all in advance.
 
Old 03-14-2007, 10:03 PM   #2
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<Ctrl-C> will usually abort a non-terminated command.
 
Old 03-14-2007, 10:29 PM   #3
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<Ctrl-C> will usually abort a non-terminated command.

Thank you so much!
 
Old 03-14-2007, 10:29 PM   #4
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Thank you so much!
 
Old 03-15-2007, 11:51 AM   #5
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One way to set your hardware clock is with
a time server. The following code is named
'/usr/local/bin/setmytime'

setmytime is owned by root and must be
executable. As root you would type
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/setmytime

You must be connected to the
Internet for this to work.
You also must have the ntpdate
package installed. Type 'which ntpdate'
to verify that you have it.

Also, we might get a reply about
using a pool time server instead
of the specific server at 128.138.140.44
which is in Boulder, CO.

---cut here -----
#! /bin/sh
ntpdate 128.138.140.44 && hwclock --systohc
# end
---cut here ------

hth,
The GNUinator
 
Old 03-15-2007, 12:34 PM   #6
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Re: Tried to set time with hwclock and entered something wrong!

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Now I have > for a prompt.
To see what your command prompt is
Code:
echo $PS1
I think a logout and relogin should fix that problem.


hth,
The GNUinator
 
Old 03-15-2007, 03:03 PM   #7
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To see what your command prompt is
Code:
echo $PS1
I think a logout and relogin should fix that problem.


hth,
The GNUinator
Thank you!
 
Old 05-21-2007, 01:05 PM   #8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhiaanon
Hi All,

I typed the following:

hwclock --set --date="3/14/2007 "21:00:00"

One to many quotation marks. Now I have > for a prompt. Also, the system will not act on any command I enter. Please help! Thanks to all in advance.
Not only too many quote marks, but the format for the date
is --date="14 may 2007 21:00:00"

After that, use hwclock --hctosys
to save the time in the system clock.

lexwoodrum
 
Old 05-21-2007, 04:52 PM   #9
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You can manually use ntp to correct your time
ntpdate pool.ntp.org
 
  


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