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- @.TH TIMECHECK 1 local
- @.SH NAME
- timecheck \- check local system time against a time server host
- @.SH SYNOPSIS
- @.B timecheck <hostname>
- @.SH DESCRIPTION
- @.I Timecheck
- communicates with an Internet time server host using BSD
- Internet Stream Sockets. It obtains a difference between
- local system time and the server's system clock time. Normally
- the time server is a system that sychronizes to Master Clock
- time.
- @.I timecheck
- is designed to be used with
- @.I timesrv,
- the host time server's program spawned by inetd.
- @.PP
- @.SH EXAMPLE
- @.nf
- @.RS 5
- # compare your system clock with time server "tycho"
- timecheck tycho
- @.RE
- @.fi
-
- @.SH AUTHOR
- @.PP
- @.I timecheck
- written by Rich Schmidt, US Naval Observatory, 1992.
-
- @.SH "SEE ALSO"
- timesrv(1), time_set(1)
-