setting local time clock

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From: Tait Cyrus
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1991 19:12

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Anyone have any suggestions/formulas on how to configure the 'fudge' line
so that the time on a local machine matches 'real time'?  I have a machine
which I have configured as a stratum 4 machine timing off if it's own
UN*X clock (we don't have NTP access to the Internet yet) and I want to
set the 'fudge' line so xntp keeps time close to real time.

My question is, is there a formula which I could to determine what value
I should use for 'time1' given that I have access (only telnet) to a machine
running xntp?  At the present time I am running xclock on both machines and
am setting the time by hand.  I am also 'tweaking' the value for 'time1'
every few days depending on the difference between local time and 'real time'.
this 'tweaking' is getting REAL old REAL quick.

It would be nice if I could get a diff between the local and remote machines,
right now using date (yuck!), at two different times (now and a week from now)
and then take the drift to figure out a "good" value for 'time1'.  The doc
doesn't really talk about values to set 'time1' to (maybe I just missed the
forest for the trees).

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
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W. Tait Cyrus				Software Engineer
Convex Computer Corporation		cyrus@convex.com
2075 Research Parkway Suite B		719-594-4900
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
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W. Tait Cyrus				Software Engineer
Convex Computer Corporation		cyrus@convex.com
2075 Research Parkway Suite B		719-594-4900
Colorado Springs, CO 80920

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