On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Mark Phillips wrote: > > tzconfig - sets your timezone > > date - sets your system clock > > hwclock - sets your hardware clock > > xntp - keeps your system time correct by reference to Internet > > timeservers > > What is the difference between hwclock and clock, between xntp and > netdate? And which package contains hwclock and xntp?
hwclock is just newer than clock and replaces it. netdate and xntpd use different protocols for communication with the time servers. The protocol used by netdate gives the time with an accuracy of about one second, the ntp protocol is more accurate. Another big difference between netdate and xntpd is that netdate sets the clock once while xntpd is a daemon that connects to the server at regular intervals and tries to correct drift even when not online. Remco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
