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Re: ntp and multiple OSes



On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> Rick Thomas wrote:
>> Have you tried "rdate -np" ?  It does the same thing (pretty much)
>> as your "ntpdate -qu"
>
> The big problem with ntpdate and rdate is that they step the clock.
> That is only appropriate at boot time.

But -q means not to actually set the clock. What's the recommended way
to compare the times of this computer and some remote one? `rdate
-npv` seems to do the job (-v is needed to show subsecond difference),
but you're grouping both of them under the same non-recommendation. Is
there a better way?

ChrisA


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