how to use "ntpd" to emulate "ntpdate"?

[Joe Klemmer]

On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 11:03, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> but the "iburst" option, as useful as it might be, is meant to be
> placed in the config file /etc/ntp.conf.  i was looking for an explicit
> command-line option so that i could sync the system time *without*
> having to mess with the config file first.
> 
> as deprecated as "ntpdate" might be, it at least had the virtue of
> being self-contained.

	Have yo looked at rdate?

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