On Thursday 30 January 2003 19:59, h40Z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>     Another good utility for this is rdate (found in most popular
> distributions):
>
>     emerge rdate
>
>     rdate -s time.nist.gov
>
>     (Simply accomplishes the same thing... but is also available)...
>
>     One thing I also find useful (being that my primary linux machine is
> a laptop) is to have an init script do the same thing upon bootup...
>

ntpdate and especially ntpd are a lot more accurate than rdate. Especially 
over a larger distance where rdate comes out way too simple. For keeping a 
clock sync and preventing strange time-lapsing problems ntpd is the only 
option.

Paul

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