This package contains an RDATE NLM for Novell Netware 386 (tm)
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The RDATE NLM is Copyright (c) 1992,93 MurkWorks, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

RDATE.NLM  - 11/23/93

** This is free software **

MurkWorks, Inc has provided this NLM to the Novell user community at no charge.

Purpose:
	The RDATE NLM allows the supervisor to synchronize the time
	of a Novell NW386 file server with the time of a nearby 
	Unix host (or any other host which supports the time protocol).

Usage:

	load rdate  [/c] [/p nn] [/u] [/v nn] [/q] servername ...

	Where			Means

	/c			Just check the time and report the difference
				Does not set the file server time.

	/p nn			Continually poll the server every nn minutes
				and update the server time accordingly.

				The nlm may be unloaded with the UNLOAD
				command.

	/u			Use UDP instead of TCP

	/v nn			Don't change the server time unless the
				time difference is more than nn seconds.

	/m nn			Don't change the server time if the time
				difference is greater than nn seconds. 
				(default is 3660 seconds).

	/q			Don't report when the time has been changed
				on the server.


	servername		The IP name or IP address of the host(s)
				running the time server, you may specify
				multiple servers.


	If the /p option is not used, the NLM unloads itself when it
	is done.

Example:

	load rdate  /p 60 /q /v 1 timeserver1.domain.com timeserver2.domain.com

	The RDATE NLM will poll the timeserver once every hour and
	update the time if the server is off by more than 1 second. 
	A message will not appear on the screen when the time has 
	changed. (this example only)  If timeserver1 is unavailable
	the NLM will ask timeserver2


NOTE:

	You MUST set the timezone on the server BEFORE CLIB.LIB
	is loaded:

		set timezone EST5EDT
	
	See the System Administration Manual for more
	information. If you do not set the timezone, the RDATE NLM
	will set your server time incorrectly.

	When using the TCP method of obtaining the time (default), the
	TCP connection takes a LONG time to timeout if the remote host
	is down (more than 15 minutes and still counting)  This appears
	to be a problem with the TCPIP.NLM, since TCP connections should
	timeout quicker than that.  If you expect your host(s) to be down
	at intervals, use UDP mode instead of TCP mode and specify
	multiple servers on the command line. UDP times out in
	a few seconds and moves onto the next server in the list to
	get the time.


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