
To install gettime:

1) Using your favorite editor. Edit the included shell script (st)
   and select three hostnames that you believe keep the most
   accurate time. Make sure the sites you have selected lie within
   the correct time zone for your system time.

2) Take a look at the Makefile and change anything you see fit to.

3) type: make install

   This compiles gettime. It then moves gettime and the accompanying 
   shellscript "st" (by default) into /usr/local/bin.

4) place an entry into you crontab to call "/usr/local/bin/st" as often
   as you feel is nessessary to keep your system in time. I generally
   update my system clock once a week. The following crontab entry
   will update your time at 3:05AM once a week.
   
   5 3 7,14,21,28  * * /usr/local/bin/st

   The shell script "st"  calls "gettime" and uses the returned time
   to update your local system time by executing "date -s".  
    	

5) make clean

   this removes the gettime binary, and gettime.o files.



any comments questions or improvements can be sent to:

		   marauder@phantom.com





 


