On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 06:56:30PM +0200, eim wrote: > First of all thanks to all for responses. > > On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 20:22, Holger Eitzenberger wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 09:16:03AM +0200, Emmanuel Lacour wrote: > > > > > > 'time' is RFC 868, a pre-NTP time synchronization protocol. It just > > > > sends the time as a 32-bit int, where: > > > > > > > > "The time is the number of seconds since 00:00 (midnight) 1 January 1900 > > > > GMT, such that the time 1 is 12:00:01 am on 1 January 1900 GMT; this > > > > base will serve until the year 2036." > > > > > > > > I think it sends it big-endian, but I'm not sure. > > > > > > Is it used by the old rdate tools? > > Old rdate tools ? I use them regulary to update my > servers with the current time, is it more convenient > to install an NTP server on my local network ? > > Thanks.
Sorry that's not that I wanted to say. Just rdate is a well known tool because it's an old tool (tcp/ip is old too, and we use it every days;-) when to use ntp/rdate well, it depends...-:) -- Easter-eggs Spécialiste GNU/Linux 44-46 rue de l'Ouest - 75014 Paris - France - Métro Gaité Phone: +33 (0) 1 43 35 00 37 - Fax: +33 (0) 1 41 35 00 76 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.easter-eggs.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
