2 Submit patches, bug reports, and enhancement requests via
6 The ntp Distribution Base Directory
8 This directory and its subdirectories contain the Network Time Protocol
9 Version 4 (NTP) distribution for Unix and Windows/NT systems. This release
10 may still work on VxWorks, too.
12 The contents of the base directory are given in this file. The contents of
13 subdirectories are given in the README files in each subdirectory.
15 A complete explanation of the configure, compile and install process, as
16 well as setting up an NTP subnet, is in the HTML pages in the ./html/
17 directory. For more information on NTP and how to get a working setup,
20 For Windows/NT, visit html/build/hints/winnt.html .
22 The base directory ./ contains the autoconfiguration files, source
23 directories and related stuff:
25 COPYRIGHT Excerpt from the HTML file ./html/copyright.html. This file
26 specifies copyright conditions, together with a list of
27 major authors and electric addresses.
29 INSTALL Generic installation instructions for autoconf-based programs.
30 Unless you really know what you are doing, you should read the
31 directions in the HTML pages, starting with ./html/index.html.
33 NEWS What's new in this release.
37 README.bk Instructions for folks who use the BitKeeper-repository
40 README.hackers Notes to folks who want to hack on the code.
42 TODO List of items the NTP developers are working on.
44 WHERE-TO-START Hints on what to read in order to get a working
47 Makefile.am Automake file configuration file. Edit only if you have the
48 GNU automake and autoconf utilities installed.
50 Makefile.in Autoconf make file template for Unix.
52 adjtimed Directory containing the sources for the adjtime daemon
53 for HP/UX systems prior to HP-UX 10.0.
55 authstuff Directory containing sources for miscellaneous programs
56 to test, calibrate and certify the cryptographic
57 mechanisms for DES and MD5 based authentication. These
58 programs do not include the cryptographic routines
59 themselves, so are free of U.S. export restrictions.
61 build A script to build the distribution in A.`config.guess`
62 subdirectory (more or less).
64 clockstuff Directory containing sources for miscellaneous programs
65 to test certain auxiliary programs used with some kernel
66 configurations, together with a program to calculate
67 propagation delays for use with radio clocks and
68 national time dissemination services such as WWV/WWVH,
71 conf Directory containing a motley collection of
72 configuration files for various systems. For example only.
74 config.guess Script used to identify the machine architecture and
77 config.h.in Configuration file generated automatically from
78 configure.in. Do not edit.
80 configure Script used to configure the distribution. See the HTML pages
81 (./html/index.html) for a complete description of the options
84 configure.in Master configuration template. Edit only if you have the
85 GNU automake and autoconf utilities installed.
87 dot.emacs C-mode indentation rules for code "Just the way Dave likes it".
89 flock_build (UDel only) Build the distribution on a number of
92 html Directory containing a complete set of documentation on
93 building and configuring a NTP server or client. The
94 documentation is in the form of HTML files suitable for
95 browsing and contains links to additional documentation
96 at various web sites. If a browser is unavailable, an
97 ordinary text editor can be used.
99 include Directory containing include header files used by most
100 programs in the distribution.
102 install-sh Script to install a program, script or data file.
104 kernel Directory containing sources for kernel programs such as
105 line disciplines and STREAMS modules used with the CHU
106 decoder and precision PPS signals.
108 libntp Directory containing library source code used by most
109 programs in the distribution.
111 ntpdate Directory containing sources for a program to set the
112 local machine time from one or more remote machines
113 running NTP. Operates like rdate, but much more accurate.
115 ntpq Directory containing sources for a utility program to
116 query local and remote NTP peers for state variables and
117 related timekeeping information. This program conforms
118 to Appendix A of the NTP Version 3 Specification RFC 1305.
120 ntptrace Directory containing sources for a utility program that
121 can be used to reveal the chain of NTP peers from a
122 designated peer to the primary server at the root of the
125 parse Directory containing files belonging to the generic
126 parse reference clock driver. For reasonably simple
127 clocks it is possible to get away with about 3-4Kb of
128 code. additionally the SunOS 4.x/Solaris 5.3 streams
129 module for parse squats here.
131 patches Directory containing patches already applied to this
132 distribution. These are included for record and to help
133 in possible porting problems.
135 scripts Directory containing scripts to build the configuration
136 files in this directory and then the makefiles used in
137 various dependent directories. the subdirectories
138 monitoring and support hold various perl and shell
139 scripts for visualizing synchronization and daemon startup.
141 stamp.h.in Configuration file generated automatically from configure.in.
144 util Directory containing sources for various utility and
147 David L. Mills (mills@udel.edu)