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authorJ William Piggott2017-06-18 01:21:13 +0200
committerJ William Piggott2017-06-21 01:51:27 +0200
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parentinclude: update pathnames.h (diff)
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hwclock: use RTC in help output
Switching between 'hardware clock' and 'RTC' is ambiguous. RTC is used due to space constraints, so use it consistently. Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/hwclock.c')
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/hwclock.c24
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.c b/sys-utils/hwclock.c
index 9d6bb11c0..25b159d4f 100644
--- a/sys-utils/hwclock.c
+++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.c
@@ -1206,35 +1206,35 @@ usage(const struct hwclock_control *ctl, FILE *out)
fputs(_(" hwclock [function] [option...]\n"), out);
fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out);
- fputs(_(" Query or set the hardware clock\n"), out);
+ fputs(_(" Query or set the RTC (Real Time Clock / Hardware Clock)\n"), out);
fputs(USAGE_FUNCTIONS, out);
- fputs(_(" -r, --show read hardware clock and print result\n"
- " --get read hardware clock and print drift corrected result\n"
+ fputs(_(" -r, --show read the RTC and print result\n"
+ " --get read the RTC and print drift corrected result\n"
" --set set the RTC to the time given with --date\n"), out);
- fputs(_(" -s, --hctosys set the system time from the hardware clock\n"
- " -w, --systohc set the hardware clock from the current system time\n"
+ fputs(_(" -s, --hctosys set the system time from the RTC\n"
+ " -w, --systohc set the RTC from the current system time\n"
" --systz set the system time based on the current timezone\n"
" --adjust adjust the RTC to account for systematic drift since\n"
" the clock was last set or adjusted\n"), out);
#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__alpha__)
- fputs(_(" --getepoch print out the kernel's hardware clock epoch value\n"
- " --setepoch set the kernel's hardware clock epoch value to the \n"
+ fputs(_(" --getepoch print out the kernel's RTC epoch value\n"
+ " --setepoch set the kernel's RTC epoch value to the \n"
" value given with --epoch\n"), out);
#endif
- fputs(_(" --predict predict RTC reading at time given with --date\n"), out);
+ fputs(_(" --predict predict the RTC reading at time given with --date\n"), out);
fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, out);
- fputs(_(" -u, --utc the hardware clock is kept in UTC\n"
- " -l, --localtime the hardware clock is kept in local time\n"), out);
+ fputs(_(" -u, --utc the RTC is kept in UTC\n"
+ " -l, --localtime the RTC is kept in local time\n"), out);
#ifdef __linux__
fputs(_(" -f, --rtc <file> special /dev/... file to use instead of default\n"), out);
#endif
fprintf(out, _(
" --directisa access the ISA bus directly instead of %s\n"
- " --date <time> specifies the time to which to set the hardware clock\n"), _PATH_RTC_DEV);
+ " --date <time> specifies the time to which to set the RTC\n"), _PATH_RTC_DEV);
#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__alpha__)
- fputs(_(" --epoch <year> specifies the hardware clock's epoch value\n"), out);
+ fputs(_(" --epoch <year> specifies the RTC's epoch value\n"), out);
#endif
fprintf(out, _(
" --update-drift update drift factor in %1$s (requires\n"