| 1.\" @(#)rtime.3n 2.1 88/08/08 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.5 88/02/08 SMI |
| 2.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/rpc/rtime.3 57686 2000-03-02 09:14:21Z sheldonh $ |
| 3.\" 4.TH RTIME 3 "22 November 1987" 5.SH NAME 6rtime \- get remote time 7.SH SYNOPSIS 8.nf 9.B #include <sys/types.h> 10.B #include <sys/time.h> --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 20consults the Internet Time Server at the address pointed to by 21.I addrp 22and returns the remote time in the 23.B timeval 24struct pointed to by 25.IR timep . 26Normally, the 27.SM UDP |
| 28protocol is used when consulting the Time Server. 29The |
| 30.I timeout 31parameter specifies how long the 32routine should wait before giving 33up when waiting for a reply. If 34.I timeout 35is specified as 36.SM NULL\s0, 37however, the routine will instead use 38.SM TCP 39and block until a reply is received from the time server. 40.LP |
| 41The routine returns 0 if it is successful. 42Otherwise, |
| 43it returns \-1 and 44.B errno 45is set to reflect the cause of the error. 46.SH "SEE ALSO" 47.BR timed (8c) |