ntp-wait - waits until ntpd is in synchronized state

Last update: March 23, 2023 21:05 UTC (6ad51a76f)

Synopsis

ntp-wait [ -v ] [ -n tries ] [ -s seconds ]

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Description

The ntp-wait program blocks until ntpd is in synchronized state. This can be useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence until after ntpd -g has set the time.

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Command Line Options

-n tries

Number of tries before giving up. The default is 1000.

-s seconds

Seconds to sleep between tries. The default is 6 seconds.

-v

Be verbose.