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- From: miket@frog.CRDS.COM (Michael C Tiernan)
- Subject: Re: getting system date/time from another system
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.190236.7339@frog.CRDS.COM>
- Keywords: is it appropriate to use RPCs?
- Organization: Charles River Data Systems
- References: <1993Jan6.213225.14974@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <1993Jan6.213842.15117@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:02:36 GMT
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- wws@iscp.bellcore.com (Wayne Scott) writes:
- > I'm working on an X/Motif application in which I need to get the system time
- > from another machine. Is there a recommended/preferred way to do this?
-
- I do belive (yet to be confirmed) that the 'correct' or most
- recognized/universal way to do this is to telnet to port 13 on
- the host machine. That is assuming you don't have a network
- time host.
-
- When I did it, I get:
- %> telnet natty 13
- Trying NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN ...
- Connected to natty.
- Escape character is '^]'.
- Thu Jan 7 13:56:38 1993
- Connection closed by foreign host.
- %>
-
- > I forgot to mention... the environment is DEC/Alpha OSF/1.
-
- I'm not aware if that enters into the problem.
-
- Good luck with it all.
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