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PMDATE(1) General Commands Manual PMDATE(1)
pmdate - display an offset date
pmdate [ offset ... ] format
pmdate displays the current date and/or time, with an optional
offset.
An offset is specified with a leading sign (``+'' or ``-''), followed
by an integer value, followed by one of the following ``scale''
specifiers;
S seconds
M minutes
H hours
d days
m months
y years
The output format follows the same rules as for date(1) and
strftime(3).
For example, the following will display the date a week ago as
DDMMYYYY;
pmdate -7d %d%m%Y
Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize
the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the
file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables.
The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative
configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).
date(1), strftime(3), pcp.conf(5) and pcp.env(5).
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Performance Co-Pilot PCP PMDATE(1)
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