ntp-wait

ntp-wait

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 ntp-wait [-v] [-f] [-n   num_tries   ] [-s   time   ] 

Description

A Perl script that reports whether the local ntpd has synchronized yet. Returns 0 if synchronized; 1 if not.

Options/Usage

-f

Causes ntp-wait to return 1 if an indeterminate result is received from ntpd ; otherwise , ntp-wait returns 0.

-n

Specifies the number of times to try for a successful result before quitting. Defaults to 1000 .

-s

Specifies the number of seconds between tries . Defaults to 6 .

-v

Enables verbose output to standard output.

Location

/usr/bin