timedc - timed control program
timedc [command [argument ...]]
timedc is used to control the operation of the timed(8) program. It may
be used to:
+o Measure the differences between machines' clocks,
+o Find the location where the master time server is running,
+o Enable or disable tracing of messages received by timed,
and
+o 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:
? [command ...]
help [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 host [...]
Compute the differences between the clock of the
host machine and
the clocks of the machines given as arguments.
msite [host ...]
Show the master time server for specified host(s).
trace { on | off }
Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages
to timed in
the file /var/log/timed.log.
election 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.
/var/log/timed.log tracing file for timed
/var/log/timed.masterlog log file for master timed
?Ambiguous command
abbreviation matches more than one command
?Invalid command
no match found
?Privileged command
command can be executed by root only
date(1), adjtime(2), icmp(4), timed(8)
R. Gusella and S. Zatti, TSP: The Time Synchronization
Protocol for UNIX
4.3BSD.
The timedc command appeared in 4.3BSD.
OpenBSD 3.6 May 11, 1993
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