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

Sat Jan 31 18:27:40 UTC 2004

At 10:03 1/31/2004, you wrote:
>Correct, mine is an internal server. Syncing to a public server every two
>hours would not be a good thing. Sadly, using ntp -q in place of ntpdate
>is even worse, it appears to generate far more network traffic.

True. Personally, I would vastly prefer a command-line parameter like "-1" 
(meaning one-time) or "--now" to replicate ntpdate functionality. Say "ntpd 
-1 mytimeserver". Perhaps it's time to file an RFE...


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