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NAME

       tz-brasil - adjust time zone information to Brazil.

SYNOPSIS

       tz-brasil  [  --force  |  --test  | --verbose | --allowed | --refresh |
       --help | --info ]

DESCRIPTION

       This program contacts a  server,  gets  the  timezone  information  for
       Brazil and aplies it to the timezone.

OPTIONS

       This  program  is suposed to be run without arguments from cron.  There
       are some options available for debugging.

       --verbose
              same as setting VERBOSE=2 in config file.

       --test same as --verbose.

       --force
              same as setting VERBOSE=2 in config  file.  Also  removes  fetch
              timestamp, forcing a new fetch.

       --allowed
              list allowed timezones and exit.

       --help shows a brief usage help and exit.

       --refresh
              syncronize  /usr/share/zoneinfo/(yourzone)  with  /etc/localtime
              and exit.

       --version
              shows program version and exit.

       --info shows timestamp information and exit.

FILES

       /etc/tz-brasil.conf - configuration file.
       /var/lib/tz-brasil/info - last timezone information retrieved.
       /etc/cron.d/tz-brasil - cron configuration.
       /usr/share/doc/tz-brasil/timezone.txt - read that :-)

SEE ALSO

       zic(8).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Pedro Zorzenon  Neto  <pzn@debian.org>,
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                 nov 15, 2006