1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
3 * The Rdate command will ask a time server for the RFC 868 time
4 * and optionally set the system time.
6 * by Sterling Huxley <sterling@europa.com>
8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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14 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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25 #include <sys/types.h>
26 #include <sys/socket.h>
27 #include <netinet/in.h>
39 static const int RFC_868_BIAS = 2208988800UL;
41 static void socket_timeout()
43 bb_error_msg_and_die("timeout connecting to time server");
46 static time_t askremotedate(const char *host)
48 unsigned long int nett, localt;
49 const char *port="37";
52 if (getservbyname("time", "tcp") != NULL)
55 /* Add a timeout for dead or non accessable servers */
57 signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout);
59 fd = xconnect(host, port);
61 if (safe_read(fd, (void *)&nett, 4) != 4) /* read time from server */
62 bb_error_msg_and_die("%s did not send the complete time", host);
66 /* convert from network byte order to local byte order.
67 * RFC 868 time is the number of seconds
68 * since 00:00 (midnight) 1 January 1900 GMT
69 * the RFC 868 time 2,208,988,800 corresponds to 00:00 1 Jan 1970 GMT
70 * Subtract the RFC 868 time to get Linux epoch
72 localt= ntohl(nett) - RFC_868_BIAS;
77 int rdate_main(int argc, char **argv)
84 /* Interpret command line args */
85 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "sp")) > 0) {
103 remote_time = askremotedate(argv[optind]);
106 if (stime(&remote_time) < 0)
107 bb_perror_msg_and_die("Could not set time of day");
111 printf("%s", ctime(&remote_time));