TIMEDC
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BSD 4.3
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,
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.
-
trace
{ on |
off }
-
- Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to
timed
in the file
/var/log/timed.log.
- quit
-
Exit from timedc.
Other commands may be included for use in testing and debugging
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),
-
"TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD"
R. Gusella
S. Zatti
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
BSD 4.3
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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- DIAGNOSTICS
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- HISTORY
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