Name
ntp-wait
Synopsis
ntp-wait [-v] [-f] [-nnum_tries] [-stime]
This is a Perl script that reports whether the local ntpd has synchronized yet. Returns 0 if synchronized, 1 if not.
Options
- -f
Cause ntp-wait to return 1 if an indeterminate result is received from ntpd; otherwise, ntp-wait returns 0.
- -n
Specify the number of times to try for a successful result before quitting. Defaults to 1000.
- -s
Specify the number of seconds between tries. Defaults to 6.
- -v
Enable verbose output to standard output.
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