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Toad Hall's NETTIME v1.1 27 August 1991
Usage: NETTIME d:
where "d:" is a network drive on a remote file server.
NETTIME then sets your local system to the server's system time.
Background:
A local BBS SYSOP needed to set his local system time to that of
a remote network server (to insure they were both "reading off
the same clock", so to speak).
It turns out that his network software does NOT provide neat DOS
function calls to query the network (or computers on the
network) for their system time.
So ... a workaround was in order.
It turns out that (as with most networks) that the local system
is able to "see" network files (via SHARE and NETBIOS) on a
separate (logical) drive. For example, that server might
provide a "F:" drive to our PC (even though no such drive is
really partitioned on our local hard disk).
With a little testing, we determined that a file created on that
remote drive would be given the server's system date/time.
That meant we could (1) create a temporary file on the file
server (drive F:), read that file's date/time, and use THAT
date/time (the file server's, actually) to reset our own local
system date/time.
Then, to be neat, we delete that remote system's temporary file.
If something goes wrong between the creation and the deletion,
you might end up with wee little bogus files on the file
server's home directory. They'll be easy to spot: they all
have numeric names (e.g., 10012345), no file type, and 0 file
size. Delete them at will.
Copyright and Licensing Restrictions:
Copyright (c) 1991 David P Kirschbaum All Rights Reserved
Any potentially commercial enterprises should contact the author
for nonexclusive licensing.
And of course, I disclaim any responsibility for anything (good
or bad) this program does or fails to do (to include the breaking
up of the USSR).
Other than that, you can use this utility for anything you wish ..
so long as you don't sell it, steal it, or remove my credits and
copyright notice.
David Kirschbaum
Toad Hall
kirsch@sesi.com
7573 Jennings Lane
Fayetteville NC 28303
(919) 868-3471
v1.1 26 Aug 91: Misunderstood how to fiddle a file's date
to get a DOS date (adding only 80). Turns out you must
add 1980! Did 'n' did.