GF writes:
> I basically dont know what I'm doing.  I'd like to configure my hp3000
> to use this utility to obtain the current time from another server and
> set the clock on the 3000.
>
> Is anyone using "nettime" or a similar utility, that can give me an
> overview of how this works?

The NTPDATE portion of my XNTP/iX port can do this:

        http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/xntpix.html

All you need to do to set the time is:

        :XEQ NTPDATE "time.host.one time.host.two time.host.three ...."

Programs like NTPDATE and nettime speak the Network Time Protocol (NTP),
and ask a remote time server "What time is it?" and then set the local clock
with whatever the answer is.

> hp = gethostbyname("ntp")                      <---  this call is
> returning NULL and is failing

You need to specify a valid host name for an external time server.  Visit
my XNTP/iX page above; I believe I link either a list of public time servers,
or else I link to the XNTP home page, which in turn has a list of time servers.
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