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30 .\" @(#)timedc.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
37 .Nd timed control program
40 .Op Ar command Op Ar argument ...
43 is used to control the operation of the
49 Measure the differences between machines' clocks,
51 Find the location where the master time server is running,
53 Enable or disable tracing of messages received by
57 Perform various debugging actions.
60 Without any arguments,
62 will prompt for commands from the standard input.
63 If arguments are supplied,
65 interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining
66 arguments as parameters to the command. The standard input
67 may be redirected causing
69 to read commands from a file.
70 Commands may be abbreviated;
71 recognized commands are:
73 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
74 .It Ic \&? Op Ar command ...
76 .It Ic help Op Ar command ...
77 Print a short description of each command specified in the argument list,
78 or, if no arguments are given, a list of the recognized commands.
80 .It Ic clockdiff Ar host ...
81 Compute the differences between the clock of the host machine
82 and the clocks of the machines given as arguments.
84 .It Ic msite Op Ar host ...
85 Show the master time server for specified host(s).
87 .It Ic trace Li \&{ Ar on Li \&| Ar off Li \&}
88 Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to
91 .Pa /var/log/timed.log .
93 .It Ic election Ar host
95 on the target host to reset its
97 timers and to ensure that a time master has been elected.
103 Other commands may be included for use in testing and debugging
106 the program source may be consulted for details.
108 .Bl -tag -width /var/log/timed.masterlog -compact
109 .It Pa /var/log/timed.log
110 tracing file for timed
111 .It Pa /var/log/timed.masterlog
112 log file for master timed
115 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
116 .It ?Ambiguous command
117 abbreviation matches more than one command
127 .%T "TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD"