Name
ntp-wait
Synopsis
ntp-wait [-v] [-f] [-nnum_tries
] [-stime
]
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 fromntpd
; 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
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