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- Short: SynClock clone for AmiTCP. V1.41.
- Author: izzy@ancient.demon.co.uk (Simon Dainty)
- Uploader: izzy@ancient.demon.co.uk (Simon Dainty)
- Type: comm/tcp
-
- A binary executable replacement for the 'SynClock' DOS and AREXX
- hybrid script that is a part of the AmiTCP package. Synchronize
- your local system clock and/or battery-backed clock with that of
- a remote host. Says it all, really.
-
- History
-
- V1.0
- ----
- - Initial release, no known bugs. Limited distribution.
-
- V1.1
- ----
- - Optimized executable compilation by utilizing inline library
- calls. Shaved off around 200 bytes from the binary.
-
- - SynCro will return a specific code in the event of an error.
-
- V1.2
- ----
- - Optimized executable size. Now down to 4.8K.
-
- - Modified the ordering of the error-specific return codes into
- something a little more logical.
-
- - Fixed a bug where SynCro would complain about an invalid FQDN
- argument, when the argument was indeed valid.
-
- V1.3
- ----
- - Optimized executable size. Now down to 3.5K.
-
- - SynCro now goes directly through the "bsdsocket.library", as
- opposed to earlier versions that used the TCP: device. This
- affords the user several benefits:
-
- * Not restricted to only giving an FQDN as the reference to
- a remote site; SynCro will also accept an IP address.
-
- * No need to mount the TCP: device if SynCro was the only
- program that needed it.
-
- * A CONTROL-C from the Shell that SynCro was started from
- will now stop it dead in its tracks.
-
- - Once more, several modifications have been made to the error-
- specific return codes.
-
- V1.4
- ----
- - Limited tester release.
-
- - Problems arose when SynCro was used with the Multilink AmiTCP
- and RS225 emulator (in beta). Thanks to Osma Ahvenlampi for
- pointing the deficiency out.
-
- - If SynCro was unable to resolve the remote host, AmiTCP would
- not shutdown correctly. This was a problem with version 1.3
- of SynCro not closing the bsdsocket.library when it should
- have done. Any other time and it would have worked fine. My
- fault entirely - it is now fixed.
-
- - Minor changes to the error-specific return codes. Again.
-
- V 1.41
- ------
- - Modified the way the remote time is processed. Instead of
- relying on the location-specific time string as received via
- the 'daytime' port, SynCro now goes through the 'time' port,
- and calculates the current time by processing the number of
- seconds since midnight of January the 1st 1900.
-
- - Because of the above changes, SynCro now requires the local
- system's GMT offset to be set within the Locale preferences.
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 628 266 57.6% 10-Feb-95 15:45:42 SynCro1_41.info
- 3556 2286 35.7% 10-Feb-95 15:45:40 SynCro1_41/SynCro
- 14428 5318 63.1% 10-Feb-95 15:45:40 SynCro1_41/SynCro.DOC
- 465 228 50.9% 10-Feb-95 15:45:42 SynCro1_41/SynCro.DOC.info
- 2574 1286 50.0% 10-Feb-95 15:45:42 SynCro1_41/SynCro.readme
- 465 231 50.3% 10-Feb-95 15:45:42 SynCro1_41/SynCro.readme.info
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- 22116 9615 56.5% 11-Feb-95 11:40:02 6 files
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