rdate(ADMN)                     19 June 1992                     rdate(ADMN)


 Name

    rdate - notify time server that date has changed

 Syntax

    rdate

 Description

    rdate notifies timed(ADMN) that the system date has changed.  If the
    local time server is a master, it will notify all of the slaves that the
    time has changed.  If it is a slave, it will request that the master
    update the time.

    rdate should be run whenever the super-user sets the date with date(C).
    A shell script such as the following could be used to do both automati-
    cally.

       :
       #
       # mv /bin/date /bin/s5date
       # install as /bin/date
       #
       PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
       s5date $*
       rdate


 See also

    date(C), adjtime(SSC), gettimeofday(SSC), icmp(ADMP), rdate(ADMN),
    timed(ADMN), timedc(ADMN)