On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 08:18 -0700, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > In a recent note, David Andrews said: > > the TOD clock drifts over time (we don't have > > an ETR) and we adjust the local offset every week to compensate. > > > If you're forced to this deceit, would it be better to chisel on > the value of the Leap Second offset?
This "deceit" is accomplished by a program that interrogates a NTP server out on the greater 'net, and then constructs a "SET CLOCK" command. A poor man's ETR. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
