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138889Sjdp.de1 NOP 2218822Sdim. it 1 an-trap 3130561Sobrien. if \\n[.$] \,\\$*\/ 438889Sjdp.. 5218822Sdim.ie t \ 638889Sjdp.ds B-Font [CB] 738889Sjdp.ds I-Font [CI] 838889Sjdp.ds R-Font [CR] 938889Sjdp.el \ 1038889Sjdp.ds B-Font B 1138889Sjdp.ds I-Font I 1238889Sjdp.ds R-Font R 1338889Sjdp.TH ntp-wait @NTP_WAIT_MS@ "27 Feb 2018" "ntp (4.2.8p11)" "User Commands" 1438889Sjdp.\" 1538889Sjdp.\" EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (/tmp/.ag-tuay0Q/ag-GuaGZQ) 1638889Sjdp.\" 1738889Sjdp.\" It has been AutoGen-ed February 27, 2018 at 10:49:50 AM by AutoGen 5.18.5 1838889Sjdp.\" From the definitions ntp-wait-opts.def 1938889Sjdp.\" and the template file agman-cmd.tpl 2038889Sjdp.SH NAME 21218822Sdim\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 22218822Sdim\- Wait for ntpd to stabilize the system clock 2338889Sjdp.SH SYNOPSIS 2438889Sjdp\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 2538889Sjdp.\" Mixture of short (flag) options and long options 2638889Sjdp[\f\*[B-Font]\-flags\f[]] 27218822Sdim[\f\*[B-Font]\-flag\f[] [\f\*[I-Font]value\f[]]] 2838889Sjdp[\f\*[B-Font]\-\-option-name\f[][[=| ]\f\*[I-Font]value\f[]]] 2938889Sjdp.sp \n(Ppu 3038889Sjdp.ne 2 3138889Sjdp 3238889SjdpAll arguments must be options. 3338889Sjdp.sp \n(Ppu 3438889Sjdp.ne 2 3538889Sjdp 3638889Sjdp.SH DESCRIPTION 3738889Sjdp\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 3838889Sjdpwill send at most 3938889Sjdp\f\*[I-Font]num-tries\f[] 4038889Sjdpqueries to 4138889Sjdp\fCntpd\f[]\fR(8)\f[], 4238889Sjdpsleeping for 4338889Sjdp\f\*[I-Font]secs-between-tries\f[] 4438889Sjdpafter each status return that says 4538889Sjdp\fCntpd\f[]\fR(8)\f[] 4638889Sjdphas not yet produced a synchronized and stable system clock. 4738889Sjdp.sp \n(Ppu 4838889Sjdp.ne 2 4938889Sjdp 5038889Sjdp\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 5138889Sjdpwill do this quietly, unless the 5238889Sjdp\f\*[B-Font]\-v\f[] 53218822Sdimflag is provided. 5438889SjdpThis can be useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence until after 5538889Sjdp\f\*[I-Font]ntpd\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\-g\f[] 5638889Sjdphas set the time. 5738889Sjdp.SH "OPTIONS" 58218822Sdim.TP 5938889Sjdp.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-n\f[] \f\*[I-Font]number\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-tries\f[]=\f\*[I-Font]number\f[] 6038889SjdpNumber of times to check ntpd. 6138889SjdpThis option takes an integer number as its argument. 6238889SjdpThe default 6338889Sjdp\f\*[I-Font]number\f[] 6438889Sjdpfor this option is: 6538889Sjdp.ti +4 6638889Sjdp 100 6738889Sjdp.sp 6838889Sjdp The maximum number of times we will check \fBntpd\fP to see if 6938889Sjdp it has been able to synchronize and stabilize the system clock. 7038889Sjdp.TP 7138889Sjdp.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-s\f[] \f\*[I-Font]secs\-between\-tries\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-sleep\f[]=\f\*[I-Font]secs\-between\-tries\f[] 7238889SjdpHow long to sleep between tries. 7338889SjdpThis option takes an integer number as its argument. 7438889SjdpThe default 7538889Sjdp\f\*[I-Font]secs\-between\-tries\f[] 7638889Sjdpfor this option is: 7738889Sjdp.ti +4 7838889Sjdp 6 7938889Sjdp.sp 8038889Sjdp We will sleep for \fIsecs-between-tries\fP after each query 8138889Sjdp of \fBntpd\fP that returns "the time is not yet stable". 8238889Sjdp.TP 8338889Sjdp.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-v\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-verbose\f[] 8438889SjdpBe verbose. 8538889Sjdp.sp 8638889Sjdp By default, \fBntp-wait\fP is silent. 8738889Sjdp With this option, \fBntp-wait\fP will provide status information. 8838889Sjdp.TP 8938889Sjdp.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-\&?\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-help\f[] 9038889SjdpDisplay usage information and exit. 9138889Sjdp.TP 9238889Sjdp.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-\&!\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-more-help\f[] 9338889SjdpPass the extended usage information through a pager. 9438889Sjdp.TP 9538889Sjdp.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-v\f[] [{\f\*[I-Font]v|c|n\f[] \f\*[B-Font]\-\-version\f[] [{\f\*[I-Font]v|c|n\f[]}]}] 9638889SjdpOutput version of program and exit. The default mode is `v', a simple 9738889Sjdpversion. The `c' mode will print copyright information and `n' will 9838889Sjdpprint the full copyright notice. 9938889Sjdp.PP 10038889Sjdp.SH "EXIT STATUS" 101130561SobrienOne of the following exit values will be returned: 102218822Sdim.TP 103218822Sdim.NOP 0 " (EXIT_SUCCESS)" 104218822SdimSuccessful program execution. 105218822Sdim.TP 106218822Sdim.NOP 1 " (EXIT_FAILURE)" 107218822SdimThe operation failed or the command syntax was not valid. 10838889Sjdp.TP 10938889Sjdp.NOP 70 " (EX_SOFTWARE)" 11038889Sjdplibopts had an internal operational error. Please report 111218822Sdimit to autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net. Thank you. 112130561Sobrien.PP 11338889Sjdp.SH AUTHORS 114218822Sdim.NOP "Harlan Stenn" 11538889Sjdp.br 116218822Sdim.SH NOTES 11738889SjdpThis document corresponds to version @VERSION@ of NTP. 11838889Sjdp.sp \n(Ppu 11938889Sjdp.ne 2 12038889Sjdp 12138889SjdpThis manual page was \fIAutoGen\fP-erated from the \fBntp-wait\fP 12238889Sjdpoption definitions. 12338889Sjdp