dioddate(8)

✨ dioddate(8) — get server system time ✨

ok so bestie, welcome to dioddate from the diod manual 💅 this one's short but it's lowkey a lifesaver, trust.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

dioddate — gets the server's system time, that's the whole job, and it ate 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dioddate [OPTIONS] [-s NAME] [file [file...]]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: you need the current system time and zone info from a diod server, and dioddate is your girl — she gets it by reading ctl:date. icon behavior 👑

So here's the vibe check on what happens next. If you pass the --set-time option, she sets the local system time on the client. If you don't, she just prints the server time on stdout and minds her business ✨

And why do you care? Because this is literally a simple way to get rough time synchronization before you issue a MUNGE-authenticated attach request 🫶 like, fr fr, think bootstrap environment where the "ctl" synthetic file system is exported with the "noauth" option. That's the moment she shines.

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -s, --server NAME — the server, in IP[:PORT], HOST[:PORT], or /path/to/socket form. the default is localhost:564 🌈
• -m, --msize SIZE — the maximum request size including 9P headers, default 65536 📏
• -u, --uid UID — try to attach to the server as the specified user, default is your effective uid (so like, you, bestie) 🫵
• -t, --timeout SECS — force timeout after the specified number of seconds. default is no timeout — she'll wait forever, main character patience ⏳
• -S, --set-time — sets the local system time to match the server's time 🔥 that's the one that actually changes stuff, so yk, be normal about it

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• diod (8) — go read her too, she's iconic

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ngl there is no dramatic warning section here, but like — -S genuinely writes to your local clock, so maybe don't yeet it at production and then act surprised 💀

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and that's the page!! luv u, go sync some time 🧚💜

sign-off: this cutie lives in the diod manual, version 1.0-pre27-516-g0d87511 — catch her at dioddate(8) 🎀