TIMEDC(8)                                                            TIMEDC(8)



NAME
       timedc - timed control program

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/timedc [ command [ argument ... ] ]

DESCRIPTION
       _T_i_m_e_d_c  is  used to control the operation of the _t_i_m_e_d program.  It may
       be used to:

       ·      measure the differences between machines’ clocks,

       ·      find the location where the master time server is running,

       ·      enable or disable tracing of messages received by _t_i_m_e_d, and

       ·      perform various debugging actions.

       Without any arguments, _t_i_m_e_d_c will prompt for commands from  the  stan‐
       dard  input.   If  arguments  are supplied, _t_i_m_e_d_c interprets the first
       argument as a command and the remaining arguments as parameters to  the
       command.   The  standard input may be redirected causing _t_i_m_e_d_c to read
       commands from a file.  Commands may be abbreviated; recognized commands
       are:

       ? [ command ... ]

       help [ command ... ]
              Print a short description of each command specified in the argu‐
              ment list, or, if no arguments are given, a list of  the  recog‐
              nized commands.

       clockdiff host ...
              Compute  the  differences  between the clock of the host machine
              and the clocks of the machines given as arguments.

       trace { on | off }
              Enable or disable the tracing of incoming messages to  _t_i_m_e_d  in
              the file /usr/adm/timed.log.

       quit
              Exit from timedc.

       Other  commands may be included for use in testing and debugging _t_i_m_e_d;
       the help command and the program source may be consulted for details.

FILES
       /usr/adm/timed.log       tracing file for timed
       /usr/adm/timed.masterlog log file for master timed

SEE ALSO
       date(1), adjtime(2), icmp(4P), timed(8),
       _T_S_P_: _T_h_e _T_i_m_e _S_y_n_c_h_r_o_n_i_z_a_t_i_o_n _P_r_o_t_o_c_o_l _f_o_r _U_N_I_X _4_._3_B_S_D, R. Gusella  and
       S. Zatti

DIAGNOSTICS
       ?Ambiguous command      abbreviation matches more than one command
       ?Invalid command        no match found
       ?Privileged command     command can be executed by root only



4.3 Berkeley Distribution        May 28, 1986                        TIMEDC(8)