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  • Subject: Re: [BL] NTP on BL3
  • Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:59:05 +1200

Message from Steven
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> Telnet (to port 13) works fine to get the time,
> which you can then set using the date command
> (both those commands are already in BL3). To
> automate this, you could write a wee script.

If you decide to go this route, nc (also in BL3)
works better than telnet because you can pipe the
output.

nc time.nist.gov 13 | cut -c 6-24

Cheers,
Steven




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