Information about the package, datefudge, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The datefudge package is designed for, Fake the system date.
Package Name:
datefudge
Summary:
Fake the system date
Description:
This program (and preload library) fakes the system date so that programs think the wall clock is ... different. The faking is not complete; time-stamp on files are not affected in any way. This package is useful if you want to test the date handling of your programs without changing the system clock.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.21
Release:
1.el6
Size:
16 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the datefudge package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install datefudge
This command will install datefudge on the server.
yum remove datefudge
This command will un-install datefudge on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove datefudge, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove datefudge
This command will un-install datefudge on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove datefudge when using the -y flag.
yum update datefudge
This command will update datefudge to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove datefudge, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update datefudge
This command will update datefudge to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove datefudge when using the -y flag.
yum info datefudge
This command will show you core information about the datefudge package.
yum deplist datefudge
This command will show you the dependencies for datefudge. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update datefudge
This command will check if there is an update waiting on datefudge. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.