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init.d/swclock

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+#!/sbin/runscript
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
+# Released under the 2-clause BSD license.
+
+description="Sets the local clock to the mtime of a given file."
+
+depend()
+{
+	before *
+	provide clock
+	keyword -openvz -prefix -uml -vserver -xenu -lxc
+}
+
+# swclock is an OpenRC built in
+
+start()
+{
+	ebegin "Setting the local clock based on last shutdown time"
+	if ! swclock 2> /dev/null; then
+	swclock --warn /sbin/runscript
+	fi
+	eend $?
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+	ebegin "Saving the shutdown time"
+	swclock --save
+	eend $?
+}