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.TH NTPQ 8 "October 7, 2006" "Network Time Protocol"
.SH NAME
ntp-wait \- wait for NTP server to synchronize
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ntp-wait
[ -f ] [ -n \fItries\fR ] [ -s \fIsleep\fR ] [ -v ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
ntp-wait waits until the locally running ntpd is in state 4 (synchronized).
This could be useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence until after
"ntpd -g" has set the time.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-f
Force hard failure if state is unknown.
.TP
-n \fItries\fR
Number of tries before giving up (default 1000 = 10min+)
.TP
-s \fIsleep\fR
Seconds to sleep between tries (default 6s = 10/min)
.TP
-v
Be verbose.