rsdate
| Crates.io | rsdate |
| lib.rs | rsdate |
| version | 0.5.0 |
| source | src |
| created_at | 2021-10-11 06:03:17.584921 |
| updated_at | 2022-06-30 10:18:25.197819 |
| description | rsdate connects to an ntp server, printing the returned time and/or sets the system clock. |
| homepage | https://github.com/wezm/rsdate |
| repository | https://github.com/wezm/rsdate.git |
| max_upload_size | |
| id | 463393 |
| size | 40,159 |
Wesley Moore (wezm)
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rsdate
rsdate connects to an ntp server, printing the returned time and/or
sets the system clock.
Example:
$ rsdate pool.ntp.org
[2021-10-11T05:02:32Z INFO rsdate] [pool.ntp.org] Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:02:32 +1000
Download
Pre-compiled binaries are available for a number of platforms.
Example to download and extract a binary:
curl https://releases.wezm.net/rsdate/0.5.0/rsdate-0.5.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar zxf -
Usage
USAGE:
rsdate [OPTIONS] <HOST>
ARGS:
<HOST>
The ntp server to contact.
OPTIONS:
-h, --help
Prints help information
-p, --print
Print the time returned by the server.
-r, --retry NUMBER
If retrieving the time fails retry NUMBER times. Retries are made
at 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc. seconds. A value of 0 disables retry
(default). A negative value retries forever.
-s, --set
Set the system time to the returned time.
-t, --timeout TIMEOUT
Sets response timeout in seconds. [default: 10]
-l, --syslog
Print messages to syslog.
-V, --version
Prints version information
Build from Source
Minimum Supported Rust Version: 1.58.1
rsdate is implemented in Rust. See the Rust website for instructions on
installing the toolchain.
From Git Checkout or Release Tarball
Build the binary with cargo build --release --locked. The binary will be in
target/release/rsdate.
From crates.io
cargo install rsdate
Credits
This tool is inspired by rdate.
Licence
This project is dual licenced under either of:
- Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT)
at your option.