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"