ntp-wait.1ntp-waitman revision 309007
1.de1 NOP 2. it 1 an-trap 3. if \\n[.$] \,\\$*\/ 4.. 5.ie t \ 6.ds B-Font [CB] 7.ds I-Font [CI] 8.ds R-Font [CR] 9.el \ 10.ds B-Font B 11.ds I-Font I 12.ds R-Font R 13.TH ntp-wait 1ntp-waitman "21 Nov 2016" "ntp (4.2.8p9)" "User Commands" 14.\" 15.\" EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (/tmp/.ag-oRayj5/ag-CRaGi5) 16.\" 17.\" It has been AutoGen-ed November 21, 2016 at 07:58:43 AM by AutoGen 5.18.5 18.\" From the definitions ntp-wait-opts.def 19.\" and the template file agman-cmd.tpl 20.SH NAME 21\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 22\- Wait for ntpd to stabilize the system clock 23.SH SYNOPSIS 24\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 25.\" Mixture of short (flag) options and long options 26[\f\*[B-Font]\-flags\f[]] 27[\f\*[B-Font]\-flag\f[] [\f\*[I-Font]value\f[]]] 28[\f\*[B-Font]\-\-option-name\f[][[=| ]\f\*[I-Font]value\f[]]] 29.sp \n(Ppu 30.ne 2 31 32All arguments must be options. 33.sp \n(Ppu 34.ne 2 35 36.SH DESCRIPTION 37\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 38will send at most 39\f\*[I-Font]num-tries\f[] 40queries to 41\fCntpd\f[]\fR(8)\f[], 42sleeping for 43\f\*[I-Font]secs-between-tries\f[] 44after each status return that says 45\fCntpd\f[]\fR(8)\f[] 46has not yet produced a synchronized and stable system clock. 47.sp \n(Ppu 48.ne 2 49 50\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 51will do this quietly, unless the 52\f\*[B-Font]\-v\f[] 53flag is provided. 54This can be useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence until after 55\f\*[I-Font]ntpd\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\-g\f[] 56has set the time. 57.SH "OPTIONS" 58.TP 59.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-n\f[] \f\*[I-Font]number\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-tries\f[]=\f\*[I-Font]number\f[] 60Number of times to check ntpd. 61This option takes an integer number as its argument. 62The default 63\f\*[I-Font]number\f[] 64for this option is: 65.ti +4 66 100 67.sp 68 The maximum number of times we will check \fBntpd\fP to see if 69 it has been able to synchronize and stabilize the system clock. 70.TP 71.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[] 72How long to sleep between tries. 73This option takes an integer number as its argument. 74The default 75\f\*[I-Font]secs\-between\-tries\f[] 76for this option is: 77.ti +4 78 6 79.sp 80 We will sleep for \fIsecs-between-tries\fP after each query 81 of \fBntpd\fP that returns "the time is not yet stable". 82.TP 83.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-v\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-verbose\f[] 84Be verbose. 85.sp 86 By default, \fBntp-wait\fP is silent. 87 With this option, \fBntp-wait\fP will provide status information. 88.TP 89.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-\&?\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-help\f[] 90Display usage information and exit. 91.TP 92.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-\&!\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-more-help\f[] 93Pass the extended usage information through a pager. 94.TP 95.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[]}]}] 96Output version of program and exit. The default mode is `v', a simple 97version. The `c' mode will print copyright information and `n' will 98print the full copyright notice. 99.PP 100.SH "EXIT STATUS" 101One of the following exit values will be returned: 102.TP 103.NOP 0 " (EXIT_SUCCESS)" 104Successful program execution. 105.TP 106.NOP 1 " (EXIT_FAILURE)" 107The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid. 108.TP 109.NOP 70 " (EX_SOFTWARE)" 110libopts had an internal operational error. Please report 111it to autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net. Thank you. 112.PP 113.SH AUTHORS 114.NOP "Harlan Stenn" 115.br 116.SH NOTES 117This document corresponds to version @VERSION@ of NTP. 118.sp \n(Ppu 119.ne 2 120 121This manual page was \fIAutoGen\fP-erated from the \fBntp-wait\fP 122option definitions. 123