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6<refentry id="systemd-time-wait-sync.service" conditional='ENABLE_TIMESYNCD'
7 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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9 <refentryinfo>
10 <title>systemd-time-wait-sync.service</title>
11 <productname>systemd</productname>
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12 </refentryinfo>
13
14 <refmeta>
15 <refentrytitle>systemd-time-wait-sync.service</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
17 </refmeta>
18
19 <refnamediv>
20 <refname>systemd-time-wait-sync.service</refname>
21 <refname>systemd-time-wait-sync</refname>
e9dd6984 22 <refpurpose>Wait until kernel time is synchronized</refpurpose>
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23 </refnamediv>
24
25 <refsynopsisdiv>
26 <para><filename>systemd-time-wait-sync.service</filename></para>
27 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-time-wait-sync</filename></para>
28 </refsynopsisdiv>
29
30 <refsect1>
31 <title>Description</title>
32
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33 <para><filename>systemd-time-wait-sync</filename> is a system service that delays the start of units that
34 are ordered after <filename>time-sync.target</filename> (see
35 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
36 details) until the system time has been synchronized with an accurate remote reference time source by
2dd79846 37 <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename>.</para>
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39 <para><filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> notifies <filename>systemd-time-wait-sync</filename>
40 about successful synchronization. <filename>systemd-time-wait-sync</filename> also tries to detect when
41 the kernel marks the system clock as synchronized, but this detection is not reliable and is intended
42 only as a fallback for compatibility with alternative NTP services that can be used to synchronize time
43 (e.g., ntpd, chronyd).</para>
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44 </refsect1>
45
46 <refsect1>
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47 <title>Files</title>
48
49 <variablelist>
50 <varlistentry>
51 <term><filename>/run/systemd/timesync/synchronized</filename></term>
52
53 <listitem>
54 <para>The presence of this file indicates to this service that the system clock has been synchronized.</para>
55 </listitem>
56
57 </varlistentry>
58 </variablelist>
5c3376ef 59
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60 </refsect1>
61
62 <refsect1>
63 <title>See Also</title>
64 <para>
65 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
66 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
67 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
68 </para>
69 </refsect1>
70
71</refentry>