Client polling - determine last and next update
Michael Sweet
mike at easysw.com
Mon Mar 26 06:55:36 PDT 2007
angelb wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> Is there a simple and accurate way to determine when the client last
> polled the servers for update and when the next poll will occur?
No simple way, no.
> One way I know of, but uncertain of accuracy, is by looking at the
> printcap file time-stamp and use that to determine the next poll based
> on the poll interval.
That'll get you an approximation that's probably good enough for your
use case. Don't try it if you have local print queues, though...
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