On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Colin R. Telmer wrote: > I currently use a small script/executable combination named st/gettime to > set my system clock via an atomic server. This is done as a cronjob at > 3am and immediately after the system time is written to the cmos time > (clock -w). For some unknown reason, once and awhile when I come in to my > office in the morning, the time is correct, but the date is advanced > forward by one day. Is there some other method of doing this that will set > the date as well as the time from a internet server? st will only do the > time. Also, I would prefer not to run xntp - it seems wasteful to me to > have it running continuously to just set the clock every 24 hours. Can > xntp be used as a one-off program and put into a crontab? Cheers.
Try netdate or rdate. ---------------- http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ ----------------- : W. Paul Mills : Bill, I was there several years ago. : : Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. : Why would I want to go back tomorrow? : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Where were you! : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Linux: Tomorrow's operating system, : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : here, today. : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : compuserve 70023,1750 : #define MY_TRUE_LOVE computer : -------------- http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ ------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
