2000-02-10 Harlan Stenn <stenn@whimsy.udel.edu>
+ * scripts/ntp-wait.in: Intensify, including some suggestions from
+ Ulrich.
+
* configure.in: 4.0.99e
* scripts/ntp-wait.in: Lose cruft, sleep after each try.
#! @PATH_PERL@ -w
+die "perl5 needed\n" unless ($] > 5);
+
+use Getopt::Std;
+
+$opt_f = 0; # 'Hard' failure if 'state' is unknown
+$opt_n = 1000; # How many tries before we give up? (10 min+)
+$opt_s = 6; # Seconds to sleep between tries (6s = 10/min)
+$opt_v = 0; # Be verbose?
+
+getopts('fn:s:v');
+
$cmd = 'ntpq -c "rv 0 state"';
-for (;;) {
- open(Q, $cmd."|") || die "Can't start ntpq: $!";
+$| = 1; # Autoflush output.
+
+print "Waiting for ntpd to synchronize..." if ($opt_v);
+for ($i = 0; $i < $opt_n; ++$i) {
+ open(Q, $cmd." 2>&1 |") || die "Can't start ntpq: $!";
while(<Q>) {
- exit 0 if (/^state=4/);
+ if (/^state=4/) {
+ print " OK!\n" if ($opt_v);
+ exit 0;
+ }
+
+ if (/request variable was unknown/) {
+ print " Can't tell!\nPerhaps you are running an old version of ntpd.\n" if ($opt_v);
+ exit $opt_f;
+ }
+
+ if (/Connection refused/) {
+ print " ntpd is not running!\n" if ($opt_v);
+ exit 1;
+ }
}
close(Q);
- sleep(10);
+ print substr("*+:.", $i % 4, 1) if ($opt_v);
+ sleep($opt_s);
}
+print " No!\nntpd did not synchronize.\n" if ($opt_v);
+exit 1;