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authorKarel Zak2006-12-07 00:25:48 +0100
committerKarel Zak2006-12-07 00:25:48 +0100
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@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ hwclock \- query and set the hardware clock (RTC)
.PP
other options:
.PP
-.B "[\-u|\-\-utc] \-\-localtime \-\-directisa \-\-test \-\-debug"
+.B "[\-u|\-\-utc] \-\-localtime \-\-noadjfile \-\-directisa"
+.B "\-\-test [\-D|\-\-debug]"
.PP
and arcane options for DEC Alpha:
.PP
@@ -28,9 +29,7 @@ and arcane options for DEC Alpha:
.PP
Minimum unique abbreviations of all options are acceptable.
.PP
-Also, equivalent options \-r, \-w, \-s, \-a, \-v, \-u,
-\-D, \-A, \-J, \-S, and \-F are accepted for compatibility
-with the program "clock", while \-h asks for a help message.
+Also, \-h asks for a help message.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B hwclock
@@ -172,6 +171,17 @@ options), as recorded in the adjtime file. If the adjtime file doesn't
exist, the default is local time.
.TP
+.B \-\-noadjfile
+disables the facilities provided by
+.IR /etc/adjtime .
+.B hwclock
+will not read nor write to that file with this option. Either
+.B \-\-utc
+or
+.B \-\-localtime
+must be specified when using this option.
+
+.TP
.B \-\-directisa
is meaningful only on an ISA machine or an Alpha (which implements enough
of ISA to be, roughly speaking, an ISA machine for