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SEA Technical Memorandum #0208, SEAdog 4.50; Shells and USNO
Last updated: December 9, 1988
Copyright 1988 by System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
SEAdog 4.50
Shells and USNO
The documentation for version 1.05 of USNO mentions a "reverse mode", but
doesn't really explain what it's for. That's what this document is about.
The "reverse mode" in USNO allows USNO to be used as a "shell" under
version 4.50 of the SEAdog mailer. As currently implemented, the shell
signal must be a capital "T" (decimal value 84). Hence, the appropriate
SHELL command in the SEAdog configuration file would be:
shell 84 usno /r30
This would allow a calling USNO to trigger the local copy of USNO in
reverse mode, and would allow up to thirty seconds for the caller to set
his clock. This also assumes that the local system has its clock set to
Greenwich Mean Time, which is probably not the case. A time zone should be
specified to correct from local time to universal time.
For example, the SEAdog system at 520/1015 runs on Eastern Standard Time,
so in its CONFIG.DOG file it has a SHELL statement of:
shell 84 usno EST /r30
As of this writing, the phone number for 520/1015 is (201) 473-8522, so a
remote system in Clifton, NJ wishing to set its clock from 520/1015 would
use a command of the form:
usno EST /p473-8522
Similarly, a system in Colorado wishing to set its clock to Mountain
Daylight Time from 520/1015 would use a command of the form:
usno MDT /p1-201-473-8522