Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 06:36:59PM +0100, andy wrote:
Hi Roberto
How do I find out what /etc/localtime links to? It is a binary file.
There doesn't appear to be a config file, nor any man pages.
Interesting. On one system of mine it is a binary file, yet on the
other it is a symlink to /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern.
Since you say that /etc/localtime is not a symlink, this little snippet
will tell you which zoneinfo files it matches:
ZONE_TMP_FILE=`mktemp` && find /usr/share/zoneinfo/ -type f -print0 |xargs -0 md5sum
>>$ZONE_TMP_FILE && grep `md5sum /etc/localtime |cut -f1 -d\ ` $ZONE_TMP_FILE && rm -f
$ZONE_TMP_FILE
Just copy it and paste it at a bash prompt. Post the output here.
Regards,
-Roberto
ONE_TMP_FILE=`mktemp` && find /usr/share/zoneinfo/ -type f -print0 |xargs -0
md5sum >>$ZONE_TMP_FILE && grep `md5sum /etc/localtime |cut -f1 -d\ `
$ZONE_TMP_FILE && rm -f $ZONE_TMP_FILE
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/GB
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/GB-Eire
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Belfast
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Jersey
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Guernsey
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/London
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/Isle_of_Man
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB-Eire
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Belfast
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Jersey
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Guernsey
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London
4c9f9c5c5f86bcc5465c08831ef59e75 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Isle_of_Man
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