Andre, > I have a shell script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ that synchronizes the system > clock with time servers via rdate. Sometimes the servers can't be > reached, and the rest of my scripts are blocked. Is there a way to say: > "You have at most 10 seconds to complete this command, or fail"?
When I asked in newsgroups about setting up rdate, I was howled at and told that I should not even consider rdate, but that i should use ntp. I do now and time setting is a problem of the past. Have a look at ntp - you may be attempting to solve the wrong problem! Keith -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith O'Connell "That which does not kill Maidstone, Kent (UK) us, usually still hurts." [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
