| Re: [chrony-users] Request: Add an optional timeout option for 'chronyd -q ...' |
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On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 07:07:53AM -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
> > How about returning 0 if the clock was in a synchronised state (the
> > reference was updated at least once) and 1 if not? With -q that would
> > be 0 only if the clock was stepped.
>
> Yes, that would work for our situation.
>
> For example using "chronyd -q -u ntp -t 10", if after 5 seconds the clock was in a synchronized state, it steps the clock and exits 0. Alternatively if after 10 seconds the clock was not yet in a synchronized state, it would exit with a non-zero (timeout) return.
The -t option is now in git. If you test it, please let me know if it
works for you as expected.
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Miroslav Lichvar
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