<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"> <title>ntp-wait - waits until ntpd is in synchronized state</title> <link href="scripts/style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body> <h3><tt>ntp-wait</tt> - waits until ntpd is in synchronized state</h3> <p>Last update: <!-- #BeginDate format:En2m -->12-Jul-2011 22:03<!-- #EndDate --> UTC</p> <hr> <h4>Synopsis</h4> <p><tt>ntp-wait [ -v ] [ -n <i>tries</i> ] [ -s <i>seconds</i> ]</tt></p> <h4>Description</h4> <p>The <tt>ntp-wait</tt> 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. <h4>Command Line Options</h4> <dl> <dt><tt>-n <i>tries</i></tt> <dd>Number of tries before giving up. The default is 1000. <dt><tt>-s <i>seconds</i></tt> <dd>Seconds to sleep between tries. The default is 6 seconds. <dt><tt>-v</tt> <dd>Be verbose. </dl> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="scripts/footer.txt"></script> </body> </html>