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Ntimed -- Network Time Synchronization
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### Introduction
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Ntimed is a network time synchronization client for the Amiga. It is based on the Ntimed free and open-source software by Poul-Henning Kamp, sponsored by the Linux Foundation.
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It uses the NTP protocol to synchronize the local Amiga clock to a set of network servers. Public available NTP servers are reachable through the Internet. Ntimed for the Amiga conforms only to IPv4 networks.
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Time servers operate using GMT. Ntimed supports the Amiga Time Zone Database. Local GMT offset will be used if no time zone is selected.
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### Reference
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#### Format
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NTIMED [PARAM < parameter > ] [TRACEFILE < file > ] {servers} [SYNC] [SAVE] [SHOW] [QUIET]
#### Template
P=PARAM/K,T=TRACEFILE/K,SERVERS/M/A,SYNC/S,SAVE/S,SHOW/S,QUIET/S
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PARAM are used to show and set internal Ntimed parameters. A list of parameters will be shown when using question mark. TRACEFILE can be specified to write a full blow-by-blow trace file for analysis and debugging. {servers} is a list of NTP time servers.
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SYNC will tell Ntimed to spent 5-10 seconds synchronizing and then exit. If SAVE is specified, time will be save to the real-time clock (RTC) upon exit. SHOW will display extended debugging information in the shell.
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NTIMED can be stopped with CTRL C.
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#### Synchronize to NTP servers
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NTIMED ntp1.example.com ntp2.example.com
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#### Synchronize to single NTP server and put trace in RAM:
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NTIMED TRACEFILE=RAM:trace ntp1.example.com
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#### Synchronize to single NTP server with modified parameters and put trace in T:
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NTIMED P "foo=20,poll_rate=25" T T:trace ntp7.example.com
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#### Synchronize 10 seconds to single NTP server and save result to RTC
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NTIMED ntp4.example.com SYNC SAVE
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### Public available timeservers
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A list of public available timeservers from [support.ntp.org ](http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers )
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Instructions on how to use NTP pool servers are at [www.pool.ntp.org ](http://www.pool.ntp.org/ )
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### How to compile
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Pull the source code over to the machine you want to play on, and::
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sh configure AMIGA (or sh configure AROS)
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make
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### Ntimed Project
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The official Ntimed project is hosted by [Network Time Foundation ](http://nwtime.org/projects/ntimed )
