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| -rw-r--r-- | util-linux/rdate.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/rdate.c b/util-linux/rdate.c index c9a7ffeab..0b5f8e460 100644 --- a/util-linux/rdate.c +++ b/util-linux/rdate.c @@ -103,8 +103,14 @@ int rdate_main(int argc, char **argv) remote_time = askremotedate(argv[optind]); if (setdate) { - if (stime(&remote_time) < 0) - bb_perror_msg_and_die("Could not set time of day"); + time_t current_time; + + time(¤t_time); + if (current_time == remote_time) + bb_error_msg("Current time matches remote time."); + else + if (stime(&remote_time) < 0) + bb_perror_msg_and_die("Could not set time of day"); } if (printdate) |