Re: C functions to set the linux hardware clock

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:27:43 -0500

In article <cdad3f1f.0403300430.6127782b@posting.google.com>,
 fr.lair@laposte.net (flair) wrote:
> I am programming a software in C language, for Linux. This software
> (running in super-user mode) will have to set the hardware clock.
> Which C functions can I use to adjust the hardware clock?
>
> I have already tried to use the function "settimeofday", but when I
> restart the computer, the time is not saved.

This is an OS-specific thing, so you should probably ask in a Linux
newsgroup.

Or just read the source code of the "date" command and see what it does
when you set the time. 

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***

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