MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

date(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities date(1)

Message: bad format or date output longer than number bytes

Cause: The format string supplied to date is invalid, or the output is longer than num-

ber bytes where number is the value of the conﬁguration variable LINE_MAX

(see also getconf(1)).

Action: Conﬁrm that the date format string on the command line is valid. or modify

your date format to produce a shorter output string.

Message: no permission to set date

Cause: You do not have proper permissions for changing the system date.

Action: If you need the system date changed, talk to your system manager.

Message: Unknown option "–option"

Cause: You speciﬁed an option that is not valid for this command.

Action: Check the DESCRIPTIONS section for a list of valid options.

PORTABILITY

POSIX.2. x/OPEN Portability Guide 4.0. All UNIX

systems. The –c option is an extension to the

POSIX standard.

MPE/iX NOTES

The current MPE/iX implementation of date does not allow you to set the date and time.

For information on how the current

MPE/iX implementation may affect the operation of this

utility, see Appendix A, MPE/iX Implementation Considerations.