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-rwxr-xr-xexamples/var_service/ntpd/ntp.script4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/examples/var_service/ntpd/ntp.script b/examples/var_service/ntpd/ntp.script
index 8542181eb..6cd81014d 100755
--- a/examples/var_service/ntpd/ntp.script
+++ b/examples/var_service/ntpd/ntp.script
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
#!/bin/sh
-
# Note that there is no provision to prevent several copies of the script
# to be run in quick succession. In fact, it happens rather often
# if initial syncronization results in a step.
@@ -8,6 +7,9 @@
#
# Script should be ready to deal with this.
+# For other parts of the system which prefer to run only on the stable clock
+echo "$1" >rundir/sync_status
+
dt=`date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`
echo "`tail -n 199 -- "$0.log" 2>/dev/null`" >"$0.log.$$"