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TIMEDC (8)

timedc

timed control program

SYNOPSIS

    timedc Ar command\ Ar argument ...

DESCRIPTION

    Timedc is used to control the operation of the timed 8 program. It may be used to: -bullet

    Measure the differences between machines' clocks,

    Find the location where the master time server is running,

    Enable or disable tracing of messages received by timed , and

    Perform various debugging actions.

    Without any arguments, timedc will prompt for commands from the standard input. If arguments are supplied, timedc interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining arguments as parameters to the command. The standard input may be redirected causing timedc to read commands from a file. Commands may be abbreviated; recognized commands are:

    -tag -width Ds -compact

    ? Op Ar command ...

    help Op Ar command ... Print a short description of each command specified in the argument list, or, if no arguments are given, a list of the recognized commands.

    clockdiff Ar host ... Compute the differences between the clock of the host machine and the clocks of the machines given as arguments.

    msite Op Ar host ... Show the master time server for specified host(s).

    Xo trace { Ar on Li | off } Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to timed in the file /var/log/timed.log.

    election Ar host Asks the daemon on the target host to reset its election timers and to ensure that a time master has been elected.

    quit Exit from timedc.

    Other commands may be included for use in testing and debugging timed ; the help command and the program source may be consulted for details.

FILES

    -tag -width /var/log/timed.masterlog -compact

    Pa /var/log/timed.log tracing file for timed

    Pa /var/log/timed.masterlog log file for master timed

SEE ALSO

    date 1 adjtime 2 - icmp (4) - - timed (8) -

      "TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for - UNIX (4) - BSD" R Gusella S Zatti

DIAGNOSTICS

    -tag -width Ds -compact

    ?Ambiguous command abbreviation matches more than one command

    ?Invalid command no match found

    ?Privileged command command can be executed by root only

HISTORY

    The command appeared in 4.3 .