TIMEDC(8)

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(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 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 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

SEE ALSO
date(1), adjtime(2), icmp(4), timed(8) TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD, R. Gusella, S. Zatti.

HISTORY
The timedc command appeared in 4.3BSD.