timedc is used to control the operation of the
timed(8) program. It may be used to:
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Measure the differences between machines' clocks,
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Find the location where the master time server is running,
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Enable or disable tracing of messages received by
timed(8), and
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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:
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.
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.