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32 .\" @(#)timedc.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
33 .\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/timed/timedc/timedc.8,v 1.6.2.6 2003/03/11 22:31:34 trhodes Exp $
34 .\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/timed/timedc/timedc.8,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:30:03 dillon Exp $
41 .Nd timed control program
44 .Op Ar command Op Ar argument ...
48 utility is used to control the operation of the
54 Measure the differences between machines' clocks,
56 Find the location where the master time server is running,
58 Enable or disable tracing of messages received by
62 Perform various debugging actions.
65 Without any arguments,
67 will prompt for commands from the standard input.
68 If arguments are supplied,
70 interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining
71 arguments as parameters to the command. The standard input
72 may be redirected causing
74 to read commands from a file.
75 Commands may be abbreviated;
76 recognized commands are:
78 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
79 .It Ic \&? Op Ar command ...
81 .It Ic help Op Ar command ...
82 Print a short description of each command specified in the argument list,
83 or, if no arguments are given, a list of the recognized commands.
85 .It Ic clockdiff Ar host ...
86 Compute the differences between the clock of the host machine
87 and the clocks of the machines given as arguments.
89 .It Ic msite Op Ar host ...
90 Show the master time server for specified host(s).
97 Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to
100 .Pa /var/log/timed.log .
102 .It Ic election Ar host1 Op Ar host2 ...
104 on the target host to reset its "election" timers and to ensure that
105 a time master has been elected.
111 Other commands may be included for use in testing and debugging
114 the program source may be consulted for details.
116 .Bl -tag -width /var/log/timed.masterlog -compact
117 .It Pa /var/log/timed.log
118 tracing file for timed
119 .It Pa /var/log/timed.masterlog
120 log file for master timed
128 .%T "TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD"
134 .It ?Ambiguous command
135 abbreviation matches more than one command
138 .It ?Privileged command
139 command can be executed by root only