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10 <h3><tt>ntp-wait</tt> - waits until ntpd is in synchronized state</h3>
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16 <p><tt>ntp-wait [ -v ] [ -n <i>tries</i> ] [ -s <i>seconds</i> ]</tt></p>
18 <p>The <tt>ntp-wait</tt> program blocks until ntpd is in synchronized state.
19 This can be useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence
20 until after "ntpd -g" has set the time.
21 <h4>Command Line Options</h4>
23 <dt><tt>-n <i>tries</i></tt>
24 <dd>Number of tries before giving up. The default is 1000.
25 <dt><tt>-s <i>seconds</i></tt>
26 <dd>Seconds to sleep between tries. The default is 6 seconds.
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