1. NAME▲

ntp-wait - wait for NTP server to synchronize

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

ntp-wait [ -f ] [ -n tries ] [ -s sleep ] [ -v ]

3. 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.

4. OPTIONS ▲

  • -f
        Force hard failure if state is unknown.
  • -n tries
        Number of tries before giving up (default 1000 = 10min+)
  • -s sleep
        Seconds to sleep between tries (default 6s = 10/min)
  • -v
        Be verbose.