Re: how to use "ntpd" to emulate "ntpdate"?

From: Rick Stevens (rstevens_at_vitalstream.com)
Date: 01/31/04

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:35:24 -0800

    Joe Klemmer wrote:
    > On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 11:03, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
    >
    >
    >>but the "iburst" option, as useful as it might be, is meant to be
    >>placed in the config file /etc/ntp.conf. i was looking for an explicit
    >>command-line option so that i could sync the system time *without*
    >>having to mess with the config file first.
    >>
    >>as deprecated as "ntpdate" might be, it at least had the virtue of
    >>being self-contained.
    >
    >
    > Have yo looked at rdate?

    Again, rdate is not the same protocol as ntp and they don't use the
    same servers.
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