> If ntp can do everything ntpdate can, why not make it a multi-call(?) > program (like busybox)? "ln -s ntpd ntpdate", and it does what ntpdate > does now when called as ntpdate.
ntpd is already plenty complicated. ntpd does not behave exactly as ntpdate originally did. Over time, ntpdate was used to effect two different tasks: - set the time once, quickly - set the time once, well sntp can set the time once, quickly. ntpd can set the time once, well. Please see http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/DeprecatingNtpdate for more information. H _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
