TIMEDC(8) | FreeBSD System Manager's Manual | TIMEDC(8) |
NAME
timedc — timed control programSYNOPSIS
timedc | [ command [ argument ...]] |
DESCRIPTION
The timedc utility 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).
-
trace
{
on|
off } -
Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to
timed(8) in the file
/var/log/timed.log.
- election host1 [ host2 ...]
-
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
- ?Privileged command
- command can be executed by root only
SEE ALSO
date(1), adjtime(2), icmp(4), timed(8)R. Gusella and S. Zatti, TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD.
HISTORY
The timedc utility appeared in 4.3BSD.June 6, 1993 | FreeBSD |