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  1. #21
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    Off Topic

    Quote Originally Posted by zollymonsta
    Ok.. Sounds like a plan stan (er, Ed)
    Completely off topic... but I had a discussion a while back with some friends over the origin of "That's the plan, Stan" along with "What's the plan, Stan". The closest we got was a Sesame Street scetch (The Golden An). I have included a section below. Might be wrong... be interested if anyone knows for sure where we all might have picked it up from

    Code:
    "I take the Golden "An", and I put it in the tan van. I take
     it to Dan, who takes it to Fran. Yeah, that's the plan."
    
    "That's the plan?"
    
    "What, who said that?"
    
    "My name is Stan, I'm the man. You just got 15 years in the
     can for stealing the Golden "An". Let's go."
    
    "Aw, I shoulda ran."

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    Hah! I remember that sketch! Good times...

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    Talking

    You're full of interesting information

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    TiVo rdate(1) implementation

    As I have recently acquired an Internet connection I have been playing around with time synchronisation. There are a few tools on the oztivo image that deal with this (ntpdate/rtimetz), but they have a few shortcomings (especially for those of us that do not use the emulator) so I have put together an rdate implementation.

    Note: This is likely to only be of use to a very select few... If you have a working setup that you are happy with, then there is little need to read any further...

    This program supports a “set time” option as well as being friendly to DOS CR's that are sometimes found within peoples /etc/postcodezones file It will use the TZ/TZDIR environment variables (if defined) rather than performing database lookups.

    There are many ways of executing it. By adding an ‘–s’ it will set both the hardware (CMOS) and the software (O/S) time on the TiVo. If the '-s' option is not used, then it will output the time in a format that is suitable for use by settime (to remain compatable with rtimetz).

    Example 1
    The following will lookup the postalcode in the database and then lookup your timezone in the /etc/postcodezones file and using that information attempt to find the timezone information by looking in /var/hack/zoneinfo.

    Code:
    # rdate –v  129.6.15.28 132.163.4.101 128.138.140.44
    # rdate –vs 129.6.15.28 132.163.4.101 128.138.140.44
    Example 2
    The following does not require the /etc/postcodezones file as we have specified which timezone to use, it will look in TZDIR for the information files (TZDIR defaults to /var/hack/zoneinfo).

    Code:
    # TZ=Pacific/Auckland rdate –v  129.6.15.28 132.163.4.101
    # TZ=Pacific/Auckland rdate –vs 129.6.15.28 132.163.4.101
    Example 3
    The following tells the application the exact location of the zoneinfo file (take note of the the colon ':'), thus allowing you to place the zoneinfo file where-ever you wish.

    Code:
    # TZ=:/var/hack/zoneinfo/Pacific/Auckland rdate –v  129.6.15.28
    # TZ=:/var/hack/zoneinfo/Pacific/Auckland rdate –vs 129.6.15.28

    QUICK INSTALLATION FOR NEW ZEALAND USERS

    Code:
    1. Make the rdate program executable
    
       # chmod 755 rdate
    
    2. Move it into the /var/hack/bin directory
    
       # mv rdate /var/hack/bin
    
    3. Create a directory to hold the "Auckland" zoneinfo file
    
       # mkdir -p /var/hack/zoneinfo/Pacific
    
    4. Move the provided "Auckland" zoneinfo file into this directory
    
       # mv Auckland /var/hack/zoneinfo/Pacific
    
    5. Run the command and check that things look okay
    
       # TZ=Pacific/Auckland rdate –v  129.6.15.28
    
    6. Run the command with the "set" (-s) option to change the date/time
    
       # TZ=Pacific/Auckland rdate –vs 129.6.15.28
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    Last edited by thomson; 04-08-2007 at 09:57 AM. Reason: Binary attachment updated for 2007 NZ Updates

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    Daylight Savings this weekend

    It's that time of year again. Daylight Savings starts this weekend so your TiVo may be running out of sync until your next daily call occurs on Sunday. If you notice that the time is incorrect on Sunday then you might like to force a daily call (this can be done via the "phone" module in the web interface).

    I script I have used for the last few years to perform the adjustment via cron can be found here.

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