NAME
timedc
- timed control program
SYNOPSIS
timedc
[command[ argument ...]]
DESCRIPTION
timedc
is used to control the operation of the
timed(8)
program.
It may be used to:
-
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(8),
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:
- ?[ 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).
- Xo
-
trace
{
on
|
off }
Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to
timed(8)
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(8);
the help command and
the program source may be consulted for details.
FILES
/var/log/timed.log
-
tracing file for timed
/var/log/timed.masterlog
-
log file for master timed
DIAGNOSTICS
- ?Ambiguous command
-
abbreviation matches more than one command
- ?Invalid command
-
no match found
SEE ALSO
date(1),
adjtime(2),
icmp(4),
timed(8)
HISTORY
The
timedc
command appeared in
4.3BSD.