On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:09 AM, g <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> greetings.
>
> in unix, there is a file, name of which i do not recall, used as a
> 'clock factor' and controls the 'tick rate' for the system clock.

I assume you mean what' in the the NTP system, in the xntp or ntp
packages, and it's usually called 'ntp.drift'. Location can vary with
the operating system, but running 'find /etc/ -name ntp.drift' should
find it on your's if you've installed the relevant software.


> is such a file used in scientific linux and what is it's name?
>
> tia.
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