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32 .\" @(#)timedc.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
40 .Nd timed control program
43 .Op Ar command Op Ar argument ...
46 is used to control the operation of the
52 Measure the differences between machines' clocks,
54 Find the location where the master time server is running,
56 Enable or disable tracing of messages received by
60 Perform various debugging actions.
63 Without any arguments,
65 will prompt for commands from the standard input.
66 If arguments are supplied,
68 interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining
69 arguments as parameters to the command. The standard input
70 may be redirected causing
72 to read commands from a file.
73 Commands may be abbreviated;
74 recognized commands are:
76 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
77 .It Ic \&? Op Ar command ...
79 .It Ic help Op Ar command ...
80 Print a short description of each command specified in the argument list,
81 or, if no arguments are given, a list of the recognized commands.
83 .It Ic clockdiff Ar host ...
84 Compute the differences between the clock of the host machine
85 and the clocks of the machines given as arguments.
87 .It Ic msite Op Ar host ...
88 Show the master time server for specified host(s).
95 Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to
98 .Pa /var/log/timed.log .
100 .It Ic election Ar host1 Op Ar host2 ...
102 on the target host to reset its "election" timers and to ensure that
103 a time master has been elected.
109 Other commands may be included for use in testing and debugging
112 the program source may be consulted for details.
114 .Bl -tag -width /var/log/timed.masterlog -compact
115 .It Pa /var/log/timed.log
116 tracing file for timed
117 .It Pa /var/log/timed.masterlog
118 log file for master timed
126 .%T "TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD"
132 .It ?Ambiguous command
133 abbreviation matches more than one command
136 .It ?Privileged command
137 command can be executed by root only