On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 11:03, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > but the "iburst" option, as useful as it might be, is meant to be > placed in the config file /etc/ntp.conf. i was looking for an explicit > command-line option so that i could sync the system time *without* > having to mess with the config file first. > > as deprecated as "ntpdate" might be, it at least had the virtue of > being self-contained. Have yo looked at rdate? -- Akebono vs Godzilla! Coming soon to a theater near you.