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-rw-r--r--hwclock/hwclock.c54
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/hwclock/hwclock.c b/hwclock/hwclock.c
index 021e5ac38..7bcb20c4d 100644
--- a/hwclock/hwclock.c
+++ b/hwclock/hwclock.c
@@ -1372,26 +1372,30 @@ static void usage(const char *fmt, ...)
usageto = fmt ? stderr : stdout;
fprintf(usageto,
- _("hwclock - query and set the hardware clock (RTC)\n\n"
- "Usage: hwclock [function] [options...]\n\n" "Functions:\n"
- " -h | --help show this help\n"
+ _("Usage: hwclock [function] [option...]\n\n"
+ "Query or set the hardware clock (the RTC).\n\n"));
+ fprintf(usageto,
+ _( "Functions:\n"
+ " -h | --help show this help text and exit\n"
" -r | --show read hardware clock and print result\n"
- " --set set the rtc to the time given with --date\n"
- " -s | --hctosys set the system time from the hardware clock\n"
- " -w | --systohc set the hardware clock to the current system time\n"
+ " --set set the RTC to the time given with --date\n"));
+ fprintf(usageto,
+ _(" -s | --hctosys set the system time from the hardware clock\n"
+ " -w | --systohc set the hardware clock 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"));
+ " --adjust adjust the RTC to account for systematic drift since\n"
+ " the clock was last set or adjusted\n"));
#ifdef __linux__
fprintf(usageto,
_(" --getepoch print out the kernel's hardware clock epoch value\n"
" --setepoch set the kernel's hardware clock epoch value to the \n"
- " value given with --epoch\n"));
+ " value given with --epoch\n"));
#endif
fprintf(usageto,
- _(" --predict predict rtc reading at time given with --date\n"
- " -v | --version print out the version of hwclock to stdout\n"
- "\nOptions: \n"
+ _(" --predict predict RTC reading at time given with --date\n"
+ " -V | --version display version information and exit\n"));
+ fprintf(usageto,
+ _("\nOptions:\n"
" -u | --utc the hardware clock is kept in UTC\n"
" --localtime the hardware clock is kept in local time\n"));
#ifdef __linux__
@@ -1400,22 +1404,22 @@ static void usage(const char *fmt, ...)
#endif
fprintf(usageto,
_(" --directisa access the ISA bus directly instead of %s\n"
- " --badyear ignore rtc's year because the bios is broken\n"
- " --date specifies the time to which to set the hardware clock\n"
- " --epoch=year specifies the year which is the beginning of the \n"
- " hardware clock's epoch value\n"
- " --noadjfile do not access %s. Requires the use of\n"
- " either --utc or --localtime\n"
- " --adjfile=path specifies the path to the adjust file (default is\n"
- " %s)\n"
- " --test do everything except actually updating the hardware\n"
- " clock or anything else\n"
- " -D | --debug debug mode\n" "\n"), _PATH_RTC_DEV,
- _PATH_ADJPATH, _PATH_ADJPATH);
+ " --badyear ignore RTC's year because the BIOS is broken\n"
+ " --date=time specifies the time to which to set the hardware clock\n"
+ " --epoch=year specifies the year which is the beginning of the\n"
+ " hardware clock's epoch value\n"), _PATH_RTC_DEV);
+ fprintf(usageto,
+ _(" --noadjfile do not access %s; this requires the use of\n"
+ " either --utc or --localtime\n"
+ " --adjfile=path specifies the path to the adjust file;\n"
+ " the default is %s\n"), _PATH_ADJPATH, _PATH_ADJPATH);
+ fprintf(usageto,
+ _(" --test do not update anything, just show what would happen\n"
+ " -D | --debug debugging mode\n" "\n"));
#ifdef __alpha__
fprintf(usageto,
_(" -J|--jensen, -A|--arc, -S|--srm, -F|--funky-toy\n"
- " tell hwclock the type of alpha you have (see hwclock(8))\n"
+ " tell hwclock the type of Alpha you have (see hwclock(8))\n"
"\n"));
#endif