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- Short: Synchronize the clock with NTP
- Author: hlinnaka@iki.fi (Heikki Linnakangas)
- Uploader: hlinnaka@iki.fi (Heikki Linnakangas)
- Version: 2.2
- Type: util/time
- Requires: AmiTCP V4.0 or compatible (tested with Miami V1.1)
- Replaces: util/time/NTPSync21.lha
-
- This simple program allows you to synchronize your system clock through the
- Internet with the Network Time Protocol (NTP).
-
- See http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp for more info on NTP.
-
- If you are using an version older than 2.1, you really should upgrade
- as soon as possible, because the older versions had some serious bugs.
-
- HISTORY
-
- --- V2.2 - now supports multiple servers
- - added the verbose option
- - added the timeout option
- - can now set the battery-backed clock too
- - changed a bit the way the roundtrip delay is calculated
- - some other minor changes in the source code
- - some changes to the documentation
- - the documentation is now .txt, not .doc
-
- --- V2.1 - fixed the date, was one day behind. I thought I fixed that in
- an older version already, but now it should be fixed for real
-
- --- V2.0 - fixed a bug that caused the clock run very fast sometimes
- - now tries to use another port if 123 is already in use
- - now asks the local.library for the UTC diff if not given
- - some other minor changes
- - now takes the network delay into account
-
- --- V1.1 - added version information for the 'version' command
- - added some integrity checks to the reply
- - added support for different ports
- - now prints stratum of the server when time is set
- - added the COMPILATION-section to the document
- - better error handling
- - fixed a small bug in receiving the reply
- - fixed the version number in the document
- - date was set incorrectly
- - file lengths were incorrect in the document
-
- --- V1.0 - the initial release
-
- Author:
-
- Heikki Linnakangas
- hlinnaka@iki.fi (http://www.iki.fi/~hlinnaka)
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 45 45 0.0% 24-Feb-98 11:41:52 FILE_ID.DIZ
- 11032 6878 37.6% 14-Feb-98 20:47:48 NTPSync
- 14380 4071 71.6% 14-Feb-98 20:45:20 NTPSync.c
- 5489 2560 53.3% 14-Feb-98 20:46:20 NTPSync.txt
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- 30946 13554 56.2% 14-Apr-98 20:01:42 4 files
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