Short:        Set Clock from daytime (atomic) servers
Author:       AmigaPhil and John Chufar
Uploader:     AmigaPhil scarlet be (insert @ and .)
Type:         comm/misc
Version:      1.1
Architecture: all
Replaces: comm/misc/atomic2_0_7.lha


NetClock.rexx is an alternative to utilities such as SynClock (AmiTCP),
which set the local clock in accordance with the time obtained by
querying the 'daytime' port (13) of a remote host.  NetClock.rexx is
based on (and replace) atomic.rexx and use the Intelliserver Technology
by John Chufar. (See the doc in the included atomic2_0_7 package.)

NetClock set the timezone and the daylight saving offset from info
collected from 'locale.prefs', a TZ environment variable, or a DSTRULE
entry in the configuration file.  Providing those info are available,
NetClock can properly adjust the system clock from any place in the world.

If your system clock 'loose' seconds too often, you don't have a battery
backed clock or the battery is dead (better remove it) but you can access
to Internet from time to time, NetClock is for you.



Requirements:

1) AmigaDOS 3.x or greater (env:Locale.prefs file used)
   (untested with older OS versions)
2) ARexx
3) For the clock sync. operation, a TCP/IP stack
   (AmiTCP, Miami, ...) and a mounted TCP: device



Operation:

From a shell (or a DOS script), type:

   rx [path]NetClock.rexx [options]

Note: If the path is 'Rexx:', the '.rexx' filename extension
      can be omitted. The path can be omitted as well.


Examples:
(assuming 'NetClock.rexx' is installed in the 'Rexx:' dir)

- To see a list of the options:

   rx NetClock help

- To test NetClock without making changes to your clock:

   rx NetClock test

- To sync. your system clock with remote daytime services
  according to the default parameters in 'NetClock.conf':

   rx NetClock

...


See the .readme file inside the archive for more.



History:

v1.0.1: First public release
v1.1: Minor changes to make the script take the program exec. time
      more accurately in account.  The "Time difference" should now
      reflect the real time adjustment after a synchronization with
      a remote server.





This program is freeware.

AmigaPhil, May 2005.
Contact: rebuild my email address from the above uploader field.


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