/* -*- Mode: Text -*- */ AutoGen Definitions perlopt; #include autogen-version.def prog-name = calc_tickadj; prog-title = 'Calculates "optimal" value for tick given ntp drift file.'; package = ntp; #include version.def long-opts; gnu-usage; flag = { name = drift-file; value = d; arg-type = string; arg-default = '/etc/ntp/drift'; descrip = 'Ntp drift file to use'; doc = 'Use the specified drift file for calculations'; }; flag = { name = tick; value = t; arg-type = number; descrip = 'Tick value of this host'; doc = 'The current tick which to adjustment will be calculated'; }; doc-section = { ds-type = 'DESCRIPTION'; ds-format = 'texi'; ds-text = <<- _EndOfDoc The @code{calc_tickadj} script uses provided ntp drift file to generate optimal tick value. Generally, ntpd can do better job if the drift value is the smallest possible number. The example output of @example $ ./calc_tickadj 81.699 (drift) 9999 usec; 9999779 nsec $ cat /etc/ntp/drift -23.159 @end example means the following. If tick on that box is 10,000, by making the value 9999 we'll shift the box from its current drift of -23.159 to a drift of 81.699, and in doing so we'll speed the clock up a little every second instead of slowing the clock down a little. If 'tick' on that box is 10,000,000 then by setting it to 9999779 the drift value will be somewhere around 0.0. @code{calc_tickadj} tries to determine the the tick value by using @code{tickadj} program from ntp package. If this doesn't work you can specify current tick manually on command line. _EndOfDoc; };