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TIMEDC(8)                 BSD System Manager's Manual                TIMEDC(8)

NAME
     timedc -- timed control program

SYNOPSIS
     timedc [command [argument ...]]

DESCRIPTION
     The timedc utility is used to control the operation of the timed(8) program.  It may be used to:

     oo   Measure the differences between machines' clocks,

     oo   Find the location where the master time server is running,

     oo   Enable or disable tracing of messages received by timed(8), and

     oo   Perform various debugging actions.

     Without any arguments, timedc will prompt for commands from the standard input.  If arguments are sup-plied, supplied,
     plied, 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.  Com-mands Commands
     mands 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 in the file /var/log/timed.log.

     election host1 [host2 ...]
             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 pro-gram program
     gram 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)

     R. Gusella and S. Zatti, TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD.

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 utility appeared in 4.3BSD.

BSD                              June 6, 1993                              BSD