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28 .\" @(#)timedc.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
29 .\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/timed/timedc/timedc.8,v 1.6.2.6 2003/03/11 22:31:34 trhodes Exp $
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37 .Nd timed control program
40 .Op Ar command Op Ar argument ...
44 utility is used to control the operation of the
50 Measure the differences between machines' clocks,
52 Find the location where the master time server is running,
54 Enable or disable tracing of messages received by
58 Perform various debugging actions.
61 Without any arguments,
63 will prompt for commands from the standard input.
64 If arguments are supplied,
66 interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining
67 arguments as parameters to the command. The standard input
68 may be redirected causing
70 to read commands from a file.
71 Commands may be abbreviated;
72 recognized commands are:
74 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
75 .It Ic \&? Op Ar command ...
77 .It Ic help Op Ar command ...
78 Print a short description of each command specified in the argument list,
79 or, if no arguments are given, a list of the recognized commands.
81 .It Ic clockdiff Ar host ...
82 Compute the differences between the clock of the host machine
83 and the clocks of the machines given as arguments.
85 .It Ic msite Op Ar host ...
86 Show the master time server for specified host(s).
93 Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to
96 .Pa /var/log/timed.log .
98 .It Ic election Ar host1 Op Ar host2 ...
100 on the target host to reset its "election" timers and to ensure that
101 a time master has been elected.
108 Other commands may be included for use in testing and debugging
111 the program source may be consulted for details.
113 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/log/timed.masterlog" -compact
114 .It Pa /var/log/timed.log
117 .It Pa /var/log/timed.masterlog
123 .It ?Ambiguous command
124 abbreviation matches more than one command
127 .It ?Privileged command
128 command can be executed by root only
136 .%T "TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD"