pmdate(1) - Linux man page
Name
pmdate - display an offset date
Synopsis
pmdate [ offset ... ] format
Description
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;
- The output format follows the same rules as for date(1) and strftime(3).
- pmdate -7d %d%m%Y
Pcp Environment
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(4).