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10		<h3><tt>ntp-wait</tt> - waits until ntpd is in synchronized state</h3>
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15		<h4>Synopsis</h4>
16		<p><tt>ntp-wait [ -v ] [ -n <i>tries</i> ] [ -s <i>seconds</i> ]</tt></p>
17		<h4>Description</h4>
18		<p>The <tt>ntp-wait</tt> program blocks until ntpd is in synchronized state.
19		This can be useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence
20		until after "ntpd -g" has set the time.
21		<h4>Command Line Options</h4>
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23			<dt><tt>-n <i>tries</i></tt>
24			<dd>Number of tries before giving up. The default is 1000.
25			<dt><tt>-s <i>seconds</i></tt>
26			<dd>Seconds to sleep between tries. The default is 6 seconds.
27			<dt><tt>-v</tt>
28			<dd>Be verbose.
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