On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 01:18AM -0400, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> The SERVERS I use are:
> time_a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
> time_b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
> time_c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
>
> They are at the national bureau of standards and time in Boulder,
> Colorado.
>
> For a client I use: nist.pl I think I got it from the NIST web site.
> Since the sites are taken down periodically the programs must be changed to
> change the server. I would like a time client that allows command line
> a, b or c to be entered. $1 doesn't seem to work with perl.
You mean $1 like in bash!?
That's $ARGV[0] in perl.
it would be better to alter the script to use an
array of ntp servers, and keep trying a different one until it works, or
runs out of servers....
Could I see this nist.pl? Is the nist URL nist.gov?
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