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`man ntpwait` says "-n" means "Number of times to check ntpd."  I read that to mean that specifying "-n 1" should check one time and either immediately succeed or give up.  Instead, ntpwait returns 1, indicating, "The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid."

Example:


ansible@neuron-mail:~$ # This succeeds immediately:
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ ntpwait
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ echo $?
0
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ # This fails:
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ ntpwait -n 1
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ echo $?
1
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ # Verbose gives inaccurate explanation:
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ ntpwait -n 1 -v
Waiting for ntpd to synchronize... No!
ntpd did not synchronize.
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ echo $?
1
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ # Other numbers seem OK:
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ ntpwait -n 2 -v
Waiting for ntpd to synchronize... OK! (0.0 seconds)
ansible@neuron-mail:~$ echo $?
0
ansible@neuron-mail:~$