timedc(8)
NAME
timedc - timed control program
SYNOPSIS
timedc [command [argument ...]]
DESCRIPTION
- Timedc is used to control the operation of the timed(8) pro
- gram. It may
be used to: - · Measure the differences between machines' clocks,
- · Find the location where the master time server is run
- ning,
- · Enable or disable tracing of messages received by timed,
- 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 argu
ment list, or, if no arguments are given, a list of - the recog
nized 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 debug
- ging timed;
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
SEE ALSO
date(1), adjtime(2), icmp(4), timed(8)
- R. Gusella and S. Zatti, TSP: The Time Synchronization
- Protocol for UNIX
4.3BSD.
DIAGNOSTICS
- ?Ambiguous command
- abbreviation matches more than one command
- ?Invalid command
- no match found
- ?Privileged command
- command can be executed by root only
HISTORY
- The timedc command appeared in 4.3BSD.
- Linux NetKit (0.17) May 11, 1993 Linux