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This directory and its subdirectories contain the Network Time Protocol
Version 4 (NTP) distribution for Unix and Windows/NT systems.  This release
may still work on VxWorks, too.

The contents of the base directory are given in this file. The contents of
subdirectories are given in the README files in each subdirectory.

A complete explanation of the configure, compile and install process, as
well as setting up an NTP subnet, is in the HTML pages in the ./html/
directory. For more information on NTP and how to get a working setup,
read WHERE-TO-START.

For Windows/NT, visit html/build/hints/winnt.html .

The base directory ./ contains the autoconfiguration files, source
directories and related stuff:

COPYRIGHT       Excerpt from the HTML file ./html/copyright.html. This file
               specifies copyright conditions, together with a list of
               major authors and electric addresses.

INSTALL         Generic installation instructions for autoconf-based programs.
               Unless you really know what you are doing, you should read the
               directions in the HTML pages, starting with ./html/index.html.

NEWS            What's new in this release.

README          This file.

README.bk       Instructions for folks who use the BitKeeper-repository
               version of NTP.

README.hackers  Notes to folks who want to hack on the code.

TODO            List of items the NTP developers are working on.

WHERE-TO-START  Hints on what to read in order to get a working
               configuration.

Makefile.am     Automake file configuration file. Edit only if you have the
               GNU automake and autoconf utilities installed.

Makefile.in     Autoconf make file template for Unix.

adjtimed        Directory containing the sources for the adjtime daemon
               for HP/UX systems prior to HP-UX 10.0.

authstuff       Directory containing sources for miscellaneous programs
               to test, calibrate and certify the cryptographic
               mechanisms for DES and MD5 based authentication. These
               programs do not include the cryptographic routines
               themselves, so are free of U.S. export restrictions.

build           A script to build the distribution in A.`config.guess`
               subdirectory (more or less).

clockstuff      Directory containing sources for miscellaneous programs
               to test certain auxiliary programs used with some kernel
               configurations, together with a program to calculate
               propagation delays for use with radio clocks and
               national time dissemination services such as WWV/WWVH,
               WWVB and CHU.

conf            Directory containing a motley collection of
               configuration files for various systems. For example only.

config.guess    Script used to identify the machine architecture and
               operating system.

config.h.in     Configuration file generated automatically from
               configure.in. Do not edit.

configure       Script used to configure the distribution. See the HTML pages
               (./html/index.html) for a complete description of the options
               available.

configure.in    Master configuration template. Edit only if you have the
               GNU automake and autoconf utilities installed.

dot.emacs       C-mode indentation rules for code "Just the way Dave likes it".

flock_build     (UDel only) Build the distribution on a number of
               different platforms.

html            Directory containing a complete set of documentation on
               building and configuring a NTP server or client. The
               documentation is in the form of HTML files suitable for
               browsing and contains links to additional documentation
               at various web sites. If a browser is unavailable, an
               ordinary text editor can be used.

include         Directory containing include header files used by most
               programs in the distribution.

install-sh      Script to install a program, script or data file.

kernel          Directory containing sources for kernel programs such as
               line disciplines and STREAMS modules used with the CHU
               decoder and precision PPS signals.

libntp          Directory containing library source code used by most
               programs in the distribution.

ntpdate         Directory containing sources for a program to set the
               local machine time from one or more remote machines
               running NTP.  Operates like rdate, but much more accurate.

ntpq            Directory containing sources for a utility program to
               query local and remote NTP peers for state variables and
               related timekeeping information. This program conforms
               to Appendix A of the NTP Version 3 Specification RFC 1305.

ntptrace        Directory containing sources for a utility program that
               can be used to reveal the chain of NTP peers from a
               designated peer to the primary server at the root of the
               timekeeping subnet.

parse           Directory containing files belonging to the generic
               parse reference clock driver. For reasonably simple
               clocks it is possible to get away with about 3-4Kb of
               code. additionally the SunOS 4.x/Solaris 5.3 streams
               module for parse squats here.

patches         Directory containing patches already applied to this
               distribution. These are included for record and to help
               in possible porting problems.

scripts         Directory containing scripts to build the configuration
               files in this directory and then the makefiles used in
               various dependent directories. the subdirectories
               monitoring and support hold various perl and shell
               scripts for visualizing synchronization and daemon startup.

stamp.h.in      Configuration file generated automatically from configure.in.
               Do not edit.

util            Directory containing sources for various utility and
               testing programs.

David L. Mills ([email protected])
21 June 1998

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