ntp-wait.man.in revision 293894
136285Sbrian.de1 NOP 236285Sbrian. it 1 an-trap 336285Sbrian. if \\n[.$] \,\\$*\/ 436285Sbrian.. 536285Sbrian.ie t \ 636285Sbrian.ds B-Font [CB] 736285Sbrian.ds I-Font [CI] 836285Sbrian.ds R-Font [CR] 936285Sbrian.el \ 1036285Sbrian.ds B-Font B 1136285Sbrian.ds I-Font I 1236285Sbrian.ds R-Font R 1336285Sbrian.TH ntp-wait @NTP_WAIT_MS@ "07 Jan 2016" "ntp (4.2.8p5)" "User Commands" 1436285Sbrian.\" 1536285Sbrian.\" EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (/tmp/.ag-7OaOah/ag-iPaW_g) 1636285Sbrian.\" 1736285Sbrian.\" It has been AutoGen-ed January 7, 2016 at 11:26:35 PM by AutoGen 5.18.5 1836285Sbrian.\" From the definitions ntp-wait-opts.def 1936285Sbrian.\" and the template file agman-cmd.tpl 2036285Sbrian.SH NAME 2136285Sbrian\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 2236285Sbrian\- Wait for ntpd to stabilize the system clock 2336285Sbrian.SH SYNOPSIS 2436285Sbrian\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 2536285Sbrian.\" Mixture of short (flag) options and long options 2636285Sbrian[\f\*[B-Font]\-flags\f[]] 2736285Sbrian[\f\*[B-Font]\-flag\f[] [\f\*[I-Font]value\f[]]] 2836285Sbrian[\f\*[B-Font]\-\-option-name\f[][[=| ]\f\*[I-Font]value\f[]]] 2936285Sbrian.sp \n(Ppu 3036285Sbrian.ne 2 3136285Sbrian 3236285SbrianAll arguments must be options. 3336285Sbrian.sp \n(Ppu 3436285Sbrian.ne 2 3536285Sbrian 3636285Sbrian.SH DESCRIPTION 3736466Sbrian\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 3836285Sbrianwill send at most 3936285Sbrian\f\*[I-Font]num-tries\f[] 4036285Sbrianqueries to 4136285Sbrian\fCntpd\f[]\fR(8)\f[], 4236285Sbriansleeping for 4336774Sbrian\f\*[I-Font]secs-between-tries\f[] 4436774Sbrianafter each status return that says 4536285Sbrian\fCntpd\f[]\fR(8)\f[] 4636285Sbrianhas not yet produced a synchronized and stable system clock. 4736285Sbrian.sp \n(Ppu 4836285Sbrian.ne 2 4936285Sbrian 5036285Sbrian\f\*[B-Font]ntp-wait\fP 5136285Sbrianwill do this quietly, unless the 5236285Sbrian\f\*[B-Font]\-v\f[] 5336285Sbrianflag is provided. 5436285SbrianThis can be useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence until after 5536466Sbrian\f\*[I-Font]ntpd\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\-g\f[] 5636285Sbrianhas set the time. 5736285Sbrian.SH "OPTIONS" 5836285Sbrian.TP 5936285Sbrian.NOP \f\*[B-Font]\-n\f[] \f\*[I-Font]number\f[], \f\*[B-Font]\-\-tries\f[]=\f\*[I-Font]number\f[] 6036285SbrianNumber of times to check ntpd. 6136285SbrianThis option takes an integer number as its argument. 6236285SbrianThe default 6336285Sbrian\f\*[I-Font]number\f[] 6436285Sbrianfor this option is: 6536285Sbrian.ti +4 6636285Sbrian 100 6736285Sbrian.sp 6836285Sbrian The maximum number of times we will check \fBntpd\fP to see if 6936285Sbrian it has been able to synchronize and stabilize the system clock. 7036285Sbrian.TP 7136285Sbrian.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[] 7236466SbrianHow long to sleep between tries. 7336466SbrianThis option takes an integer number as its argument. 7441754SbrianThe default 7541754Sbrian\f\*[I-Font]secs\-between\-tries\f[] 7641754Sbrianfor this option is: 7744073Sbrian.ti +4 7844073Sbrian 6 7944261Sbrian.sp 8044261Sbrian We will sleep for \fIsecs-between-tries\fP after each query 8144796Sbrian of \fBntpd\fP that returns "the time is not yet stable". 8244796Sbrian.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