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\" @(#)timedc.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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Dd February 2, 2007
Dt TIMEDC 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm timedc
Nd timed control program
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Ar command Op Ar argument ...
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
is used to control the operation of the
Xr timed 8
program.
It may be used to:
Bl -bullet
It
Measure the differences between machines' clocks,
It
Find the location where the master time server is running,
It
Enable or disable tracing of messages received by
Xr timed 8 ,
and
It
Perform various debugging actions.
El
Pp
Without any arguments,
Nm
will prompt for commands from the standard input.
If arguments are supplied,
Nm
interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining
arguments as parameters to the command. The standard input
may be redirected causing
Nm
to read commands from a file.
Commands may be abbreviated;
recognized commands are:
Pp
Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
It Ic \&? Op Ar command ...
Pp
It Ic 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.
Pp
It Ic clockdiff Ar host ...
Compute the differences between the clock of the host machine
and the clocks of the machines given as arguments.
Pp
It Ic msite Op Ar host ...
Show the master time server for specified host(s).
Pp
It Ic trace Li \&{ Ar on Li \&| Ar off Li \&}
Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to
Xr timed 8
in the file
Pa /var/log/timed.log .
Pp
It Ic election Ar host
Asks the daemon
on the target host to reset its
Dq election
timers and to ensure that a time master has been elected.
Pp
It Ic quit
Exit from timedc.
El
Pp
Other commands may be included for use in testing and debugging
Xr timed 8 ;
the help command and
the program source may be consulted for details.
Sh FILES
Bl -tag -width /var/log/timed.masterlog -compact
It Pa /var/log/timed.log
tracing file for timed
It Pa /var/log/timed.masterlog
log file for master timed
El
Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
It ?Ambiguous command
abbreviation matches more than one command
It ?Invalid command
no match found
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr date 1 ,
Xr adjtime 2 ,
Xr icmp 4 ,
Xr timed 8
Rs
%T "TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD"
%A R. Gusella
%A S. Zatti
Re
Sh HISTORY
The
Nm
command appeared in
Bx 4.3 .
