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.

It uses the NTP protocol to synchronize the local Amiga clock to a set of network server. Public available NTP servers are reachable through the Internet. Ntimed for the Amiga conforms only to IPv4 networks. Your Amiga needs to be connected to a network and to have an IPv4 address.

Reference
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Format
  NTIMED [PARAM <parameter>] [TRACEFILE <file>] [TIMEZONE <zone>] {servers} [SYNC] [SAVE] [QUIET]

Template
  P=PARAM/K,T=TRACEFILE/K,Z=TIMEZONE/K,SERVERS/M,SYNC/S,SAVE/S,QUIET/S

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.

TIMEZONE is used to specify local time zone. If no value is given, time will be synchronized to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). A list of parameters will be shown when using question mark. {servers} is a list of NTP time servers.

SYNC will tell Ntimed to spend 5-10 seconds synchronizing and then exit. If SAVE is specified, time will be saved to the real-time clock (RTC) upon exit.

NTIMED can be stopped with CTRL C.

Example 1
	NTIMED ntp1.example.com ntp2.example.com

Example 2
	NTIMED TRACEFILE=RAM:trace TIMEZONE=CEST ntp1.example.com

Example 3
	NTIMED P "foo=20,poll_rate=25" T T:trace ntp7.example.com

Example 4
	NTIMED Z EST ntp4.example.com SYNC

Example 5
	NTIMED Z=?

Public available timeservers
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A list of public available timeservers from ntp.org:
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers

Instructions of how to use NTP pool servers are at:
http://www.pool.ntp.org/

How to compile
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Pull the source code over to the machine you want to play on, and::

	sh configure AMIGA (or sh configure AROS)
	make