On 10/03/2012 06:45 AM, jdow wrote:
> On 2012/10/02 22:09, g wrote:
>> greetings.
>>
>> in unix, there is a file, name of which i do not recall, used as a
>> 'clock factor' and controls the 'tick rate' for the system clock.
>>
>> is such a file used in scientific linux and what is it's name?
>>
>> tia.
>>
> Do you mean adjtime by any chance? Unfortunately the values in its
> fields do not seem to be well defined. It is part of the initscripts
> package.
> 
> {^_^}

it has been way too long that i used unix to say yes, but 'adj-time'
does not sound familiar.

there where no 'fields', as in linux's 'adj-time', only a single value
that was over 10 digits long.

as stated in orig post, it was used as a _factor_to_adjust_ the
'tick rate'. no speed up or slow down as 'adj-time' does.

-- 

peace out.

tc.hago,

g
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