Fred . wrote:
> I was thinking of like running date without a daemon, such as;
> $ date --sync time-a.nist.gov
Stepping the time like that is trouble because it means that some
system times will be seen twice and other system times will be
skipped. Cron tasks that are meant to trigger on a partic
On Feb 16, 2008 8:52 PM, Fred . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was thinking of like running date without a daemon, such as;
> $ date --sync time-a.nist.gov
>
> But maybe you're right. Date should be simple, and I can use ntpd instead.
If it's a one-off, you can use ntpdate instead.
James.
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I was thinking of like running date without a daemon, such as;
$ date --sync time-a.nist.gov
But maybe you're right. Date should be simple, and I can use ntpd instead.
On Feb 16, 2008 7:02 AM, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Fred . wrote:
> > Why is there no 'time synchronization' feature
Fred . wrote:
> Why is there no 'time synchronization' feature in the 'date' software
> that comes with GNU Coreutils?
Tasks such as that require a long running deamon process to keep the
system in step with the outside world. The date command is a simple
run and exit command. It is not designed
Why is there no 'time synchronization' feature in the 'date' software
that comes with GNU Coreutils?
It would be nice to be able to sync the date with remote Internet time servers.
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