[CLUE-Tech] Synching time shell script, where to put it to autosynch?

[Jed S. Baer]

On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:05:45 -0700
Kevin Cullis <kevincu at orci.com> wrote:

> Jed,
> 
> Here it is:
> 
> if netdate -v tcp time.nist.gov; then
>    hwclock -w
> fi
> 
> Per Jim Ockers comment last May concerning this (again, thanks Jim),
> I've got this running now, but where to place it so that I don't have to
> run it manually.

Assuming you're on a dialup, I'd stick it in ip-up.local. At least on a
RedHat system, the ip-up has a comment against modifying it. Presumably,
that's because when you update, it might get overwritten by the RPM. Thus,
any modification go in ip-up.local, and you don't lose them. But synching
everytime you dial up seems fine. I'm not familiar with this particular
method, but the ntp docs suggest against making large corrections - which
might be mostly related to how ntp functions, but seems good advice in any
case.

If I were on an always-there connection, I'd probably run it daily,
barring any other considerations.

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