Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 15:36:26 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> Message-ID: <200203192336.g2JNaQi10025@shade.twinsun.com> | How about something like the following algorithm? Personally, I like to copy the file, it allows single user mode to get the correct timezone (since the full set of zone files are elsewhere). But the symlink as the big advantage that it works exactly as you describe as a disadvantage - that is, you update the zone file data, and the data via the symlink gets updated automatically. In effect, that means that "zic -l" is needed only when the zone that is to be the local timezone is changed - updates to the values of the timezone data don't alter it. I suspect that for most users, that's what is most likely desired. kre