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diff --git a/source/n/netdate/slack-desc b/source/n/netdate/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c329eb33 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/n/netdate/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +netdate: netdate (simple network time utility) +netdate: +netdate: Netdate takes a list of names of Internet hosts as arguments, selects +netdate: the one which supplies the best time, and sets the system time +netdate: accordingly. The invoker must be the super-user for the time to be +netdate: set. Protocol names (either udp or tcp) may be interspersed with the +netdate: host names, and determine the protocol which will be used to connect +netdate: to the hosts whose names follow, up to the next protocol name or the +netdate: end of the arguments. The default protocol is udp. +netdate: +netdate: These days, "ntpdate" is probably a better choice. |