Moxa IA3341-LX [29/72] Updating the time automatically

Moxa IA3341-LX [29/72] Updating the time automatically
IA3341 Linux User’s Manual Managing Embedded Linux
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10.120.53.100 – PuTTY
root@Moxa:~# date ; hwclock
Sat Jan 1 00:00:36 CST 2000
Sat Jan 1 00:00:37 2000 -0.772941 seconds
root@Moxa:~# ntpdate time. stdtime.gov.tw
9 Dec 10:58:53 ntpdate[207]: step time server 220.130.158.52 offset 155905087.9
84256 sec
root@Moxa:~# hwclock -w
root@Moxa:~# date ; hwclock
Thu Dec 9 10:59:11 CST 2004
Thu Dec 9 10:59:12 2004 -0.844076 seconds
root@Moxa:~#
NOTE Before using the NTP client utility, check your IP and DNS settings to make sure that an Internet
connection is available. Refer to Chapter 2 for instructions on how to configure the Ethernet
interface, and see Chapter 4 for DNS setting information.
Updating the Time Automatically
In this subsection, we show how to use a shell script to update the time automatically.
Example shell script to update the system time periodically
#!/bin/sh
ntpdate time.nist.gov # You can use the time server’s ip address or domain
# name directly. If you use domain name, you must
# enable the domain client on the system by updating
# /etc/resolv.conf file.
hwclock –-systohc
sleep 100 # Updates every 100 seconds. The sleeping time is 100 seconds. Change
# 100 to a larger number to update RTC less often.
Save the shell script using any file name. E.g., fixtime
How to run the shell script automatically when the kernel boots up
Copy the example shell script
fixtime
to directory
/etc/init.d
, and then use
chmod 755 fixtime
to change the shell script mode. Next, use vi editor to edit the file
/etc/inittab
.
Add the following line to the bottom of the file:
ntp : 2345 : respawn : /etc/init.d/fixtime
Use the command
#init q
to re-init the kernel.
Cron—Daemon to Execute Scheduled Commands
Cron is a scheduling service in Linux. Cron wakes up every minute, and checks the configuration
file named crontab to see if any scheduled command should be run in the current minute.
Crontab is located in the
/etc/cron.d
directory. Modify the file
/etc/cron.d/crontab
to set up your
scheduled applications. Crontab has the following format:
mm h dom mon dow user command
min hour date month week user command
0-59 0-23 1-31 1-12 0-6 (0 is Sunday)

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