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- Short: 1.0 - Miami script to save the ntp time
- Author: geohei@ibm.net (Georges Heinesch)
- Uploader: geohei@ibm.net (Georges Heinesch)
- Version: 1.0 (18 Feb 1997)
- Type: util/rexx
- Requires: Miami 1.1 or better
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- $VER: savetime.miami 1.0 (18 Feb 1997)
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- savetime.miami for Miami 1.1 or better
- © Georges Heinesch <geohei@ibm.net>, Luxembourg
- http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/2480
- PGP 2.6.3i public key available on request and on public servers
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- This script should be used when requesting the correct time from an ntp
- server (time server). If an ntp server is queried, it updates the system
- time. This script saves this updated time to the battery clock of the Amiga
- and optionally creates a logfile to keep track of the correction applied to
- the system time.
-
- To get an address from an adequate ntp server, have a look at
- 'http://www.cis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html'. Choose one and insert
- the address into the relevant string gadget (bottom of 'TCP/IP' page).
- Don't forget to activate the 'Get Time' switch.
-
- Then enter the path/name of this script (e.g. ARexx/savetime.miami) into
- the 'Online' string gadget ('Events' page). This starts the script as soon
- as the ntp server transmitted the time information.
-
- Optionally, the corrections applied to the current system time can be
- logged to a file. If this is desired, set the 'log' variable to 'true'
- (default is 'true') and enter the path/name of the log file (default is
- 'Miami_Time.log').
-
- Example of a log file:
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- Date old time ntp time error
- --------- -------- -------- ---------
- 02-Feb-97 19:05:34 19:05:35 -00:00:01
- 02-Feb-97 19:08:54 19:08:55 -00:00:01
- 02-Feb-97 19:16:06 19:16:06 -00:00:02
- 02-Feb-97 19:19:29 19:19:29 -00:00:02
- 02-Feb-97 19:20:49 19:20:49 -00:00:02
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- The variable 'secdelta' takes system speed into account and has to be set
- accordingly. Fast systems use 1 (68060), slow system 2 or 3 (68020). To
- find the correct value, run the script a couple of times with the log
- option enabled and analyse the log file. The average of the time errors is
- the value to enter here (in seconds).
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-
- $HISTORY:
-
- 18 Feb 1997 : 1.0 : First release.
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- 2642 959 63.7% 18-Feb-97 16:15:36 savetime.miami
- 2230 1086 51.3% 18-Feb-97 15:59:56 savetime.readme
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- 4872 2045 58.0% 18-Feb-97 20:58:26 2 files
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