Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 10:28:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> To: Dave Runkle <drunkle@home.com> Cc: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Best Time Synch Utility Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000406102647.1032B-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004060930370.40807-100000@xb.fiddi.com>
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On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Dave Runkle wrote: > > A really simple one (and it's in the ports) is 'rdate', but size > ain't everything. ;) The pkg is only 4k in size. It can be done via > cron, once daily, weekly, whatever, stuck in periodic, or even > executed from the command line, to set time on your machine or just > to check time. > > # /usr/local/sbin/rdate -s time.u.washington.edu > > will set your box to the time at your favorite time-server, or just > > $ /usr/local/sbin/rdate -p time.u.washington.edu > Thu Apr 6 09:36:02 2000 > $ > > to give you the time. User privs to 'print' the time, root to > actually set the machine. It has a ' -a ' switch to 'gradually skew > the time' to match the server without a sudden hop. > > Dave Can you tell me how precision this command rdate can achieve (ms or us)? Thanks. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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