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1RTIME(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  RTIME(3)
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NAME

6       rtime - get time from a remote machine
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <rpc/auth_des.h>
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11       int rtime(struct sockaddr_in *addrp, struct rpc_timeval *timep,
12                 struct rpc_timeval *timeout);
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DESCRIPTION

15       This  function uses the Time Server Protocol as described in RFC 868 to
16       obtain the time from a remote machine.
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18       The Time Server Protocol gives the time in seconds since 00:00:00  UTC,
19       1 Jan 1900, and this function subtracts the appropriate constant in or‐
20       der to convert the  result  to  seconds  since  the  Epoch,  1970-01-01
21       00:00:00 +0000 (UTC).
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23       When  timeout is non-NULL, the udp/time socket (port 37) is used.  Oth‐
24       erwise, the tcp/time socket (port 37) is used.
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RETURN VALUE

27       On success, 0 is returned, and the obtained 32-bit time value is stored
28       in timep->tv_sec.  In case of error -1 is returned, and errno is set to
29       indicate the error.
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ERRORS

32       All errors for underlying functions (sendto(2),  poll(2),  recvfrom(2),
33       connect(2), read(2)) can occur.  Moreover:
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35       EIO    The number of returned bytes is not 4.
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37       ETIMEDOUT
38              The waiting time as defined in timeout has expired.
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ATTRIBUTES

41       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see at‐
42       tributes(7).
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44       ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
45       │Interface                                   │ Attribute     │ Value   │
46       ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
47       │rtime()                                     │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
48       └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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NOTES

51       Only IPv4 is supported.
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53       Some in.timed versions support only TCP.  Try the example program  with
54       use_tcp set to 1.
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BUGS

57       rtime() in glibc 2.2.5 and earlier does not work properly on 64-bit ma‐
58       chines.
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EXAMPLES

61       This example requires that port 37 is up and open.  You may check  that
62       the time entry within /etc/inetd.conf is not commented out.
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64       The  program  connects to a computer called "linux".  Using "localhost"
65       does not work.  The result is the localtime of the computer "linux".
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67       #include <stdio.h>
68       #include <stdlib.h>
69       #include <errno.h>
70       #include <string.h>
71       #include <time.h>
72       #include <rpc/auth_des.h>
73       #include <netdb.h>
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75       static int use_tcp = 0;
76       static char *servername = "linux";
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78       int
79       main(void)
80       {
81           struct sockaddr_in name;
82           struct rpc_timeval time1 = {0,0};
83           struct rpc_timeval timeout = {1,0};
84           struct hostent *hent;
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87           memset(&name, 0, sizeof(name));
88           sethostent(1);
89           hent = gethostbyname(servername);
90           memcpy(&name.sin_addr, hent->h_addr, hent->h_length);
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92           ret = rtime(&name, &time1, use_tcp ? NULL : &timeout);
93           if (ret < 0)
94               perror("rtime error");
95           else {
96               time_t t = time1.tv_sec;
97               printf("%s\n", ctime(&t));
98           }
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100           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
101       }
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