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Operating Systems Solaris Is ntpdate command dependent on ntpd? Post 302739729 by aksijain on Tuesday 4th of December 2012 09:48:12 PM
Old 12-04-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo
  • ntpdate is a seperate utility, complimentary to ntpdate
  • ntpdate is not directly dependant on ntpd; but it does require a time service
  • yes, ntpdate can be run without ntpd; but you need to point it to a time service. There are many public available (free) ones.
Thanks Neo for your answer!!
for my better understnding , could you please list few of the time services which can support ntpdate command and are very commonly and frequently used.
 

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ntptime(8)						      System Manager's Manual							ntptime(8)

NAME
ntptime - read and set kernel time variables SYNOPSIS
ntptime [ -MNchr ] [ -e est_error ] [ -f frequency ] [ -m max_error ] [ -o offset ] [ -s status ] [ -t time_constant] [ -T tai_offset ] DESCRIPTION
This program is useful only with special kernels described in the A Kernel Model for Precision Timekeeping page. It reads and displays time-related kernel variables using the ntp_gettime() system call. A similar display can be obtained using the ntpdc program and kerninfo command. OPTIONS
-c Display the execution time of ntptime itself. -e est_error Specify estimated error, in microseconds. -f frequency Specify frequency offset, in parts per million. -h Display help information. -m max_error Specify max possible errors, in microseconds. -o offset Specify clock offset, in microseconds. -r Display Unix and NTP times in raw format. -s status Specify clock status. Better know what you are doing. -t time_constant Specify time constant, an integer in the range 0-10. -M Switch to microsecond mode. -N Switch to nanosecond mode. -T tai_offset Set TAI offset. SEE ALSO
ntpd(8), ntpdate(8) The official HTML documentation. This file was automatically generated from HTML source. ntptime(8)
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