[ntp:questions] ntp version 4.2.7p257-o

[Uwe Klein]

Dave Hart wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 08:12, Michael Tatarinov <kukabu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>easier :)
>>
>>#!/bin/sh
>>
>>eval `ntpq -c 'rv 0 ss_uptime'`
>>let secs=$(($ss_uptime%60))
>>...
> 
> 
> You get the gold star for using ntpq as it was designed to be used :)
> So many people screen-scrape human-readable ntpq displays without
> realizing it's all built on var=value underneath.

And completely unsave ( and opaque to boot ) .

( Not that i refrain from using similar constructs on all occasions.
   but I would prefer a "save eval" that works inside a limited namespace )

uwe