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Subject: Re: Minix things
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Date: 14 Sep 90 19:52:46 GMT
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Regarding /dev/rtc, and what format it should take.

Under SCO (xenix and unix), /dev/clock, when read, will
return something like:

0914154990 (for Fri Sep 14 15:48:32 EDT 1990)

(I just did a ~r /dev/clock).  There is also a program
called setclock, which take a parameter of the format
MMddhh[yy].  Which can be gotten via 'date +%m%H%M[%y]'.
(If the argument is not present, it essentially does a 
'cat /dev/clock'.)  Oh, yeah:  setclock sets the clock,
of course.  Note, btw, that there is no seconds in the
/dev/clock input or output (a deficiency, IMHO).

Anyway, just some prior art.

Sean.