Re: Setting the date and time

Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
Sat, 09 Oct 1999 22:14:45 -0700


mhw@wittsend.com said:
> Xntpd keeps the system in sync by adjusting the clock and maintaining
> information on it's rate of drift. This may not be so good if you are
> on a dialup system, however.

xntp includes ntpdate, which is similar to date but uses xntp servers.
When I was dialup, I used ntpdate to resync my clock with a cron job
and I got a good compromise of accurate time (including rate) and low
re-dial rates. Twice a day may well be enough to keep pretty good time.

BTW this is on an alpha.

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