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From: Lucas Bergman <lucas@slb.to>
To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Clock adjustment?
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doconnor@gsoft.com.au wrote:

> I can't really use ntp as the system isn't dialed up very frequently
> (ie about an hour a day maximum) and I currently use ntpdate to
> adjust the date at each dialup.

Provided you're running on Pentium-like hardware, clockspeed was
specifically designed to correct drifting clocks with little network
input:

  /usr/ports/sysutils/clockspeed

  http://cr.yp.to/clockspeed.html

Lucas

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