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- ReadMe1st file for netdate (v1.0)
- ==========================
-
- This archive (release.zip) contains the following files:
-
- Disclaimer Original disclaimer from unix source code
- ManPage A plain text version of the unix man page
- netdate The netdate binary itself
- README Original README from the unix source archive
- ReadMe1st This file
- SetClock An example file showing how to use netdate (for demon)
-
-
- Syntax:
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- netdate [-v] [-l limit] [-d] <hostname> ...
-
- -v = verbose
- -l = time difference limit
- -d = debug
-
- <hostname> ... = one or more hostnames to fetch the time from
- [ they must be running a 'udp time server' ]
-
- I recommend copying the netdate binary into either !Internet.bin
- or !FreeNet.bin, depending on whether you are running the acorn or
- freenet internet stack, respectively.
-
- ---
-
- This archive contains what is basically a rough and ready hack of the
- unix/linux netdate client. It's not elegant, it's not pretty, but it
- does work.
-
- It uses the network time protocol to query the servers passed as arguements,
- and, if more than one server is listed, it will use alogorithms to works out
- which server appears to be the 'most right' compared to the others.
-
- To use it, just do something like:
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- netdate ntp.demon.co.uk ntp1.demon.co.uk ntp2.demon.co.uk
-
- It will output the times from each of the 3 servers, then pick the
- best, and output the time it is setting, and the data from the
- best server. If no 2 of the servers differ by less than 20 seconds,
- the clock will not be set. To change this limit, do:
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- netdate -l 200 ntp.demon.co.uk ntp1.demon.co.uk ntp2.demon.co.uk
-
- which will ensure the servers agree to within 200 seconds.
-
- You can list localhost as one of the servers. This will give the present
- time on your computer a 'vote'.
-
-
-
-
- This is a binary only distribution. The source is available from:
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- ftp://ftp.barnet.ac.uk/pub/Acorn/netdate/source.zip
-
-
- The lastest version of this software is available from:
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- ftp://ftp.barnet.ac.uk/pub/Acorn/netdate/netdate.zip
-
-
- Any bug reports, queries, suggestions should be sent to:
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- J.Heenan@ftp.barnet.ac.uk
-
-
- Thanks to Carol Carpenter from Barnet College for allowing me space on
- their ftp server.
-