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1.\" $FreeBSD$
2.Dd September 25, 2001
3.Dt GRDC 6
4.Os
5.Sh NAME
6.Nm grdc
7.Nd grand digital clock (curses)
8.Sh SYNOPSIS
9.Nm
10.Op Fl st
11.Op Ar n
12.Sh DESCRIPTION
13.Nm
14runs a digital clock made of reverse-video blanks on a curses
15compatible VDU screen.
16With an optional numeric argument
17.Ar n
18it stops after
19.Ar n
20seconds (default never).
21The optional
22.Fl s
23flag makes digits scroll as they change.
24The optional
25.Fl t
26flag tells grdc to output the time in a 12-hour format.
27In this curses mode implementation,
28the scrolling option has trouble keeping up.
29.Sh ENVIRONMENT
30.Bl -tag -width Ds
31.It Ev TZ
32The time zone to use for displaying the time.
33It is normally specified as a pathname relative to
34.Pa /usr/share/zoneinfo ,
35though see
36.Xr tzset 3
37for more information.
38If this variable is not set, the time zone is determined based on
39.Pa /etc/localtime .
40.El
41.Sh AUTHORS
42.An -nosplit
43.An Amos Shapir ,
44modified for curses by
45.An John Lupien .
46