1181834Sroberto@node ntpdc Invocation 2181834Sroberto@section Invoking ntpdc 3181834Sroberto@pindex ntpdc 4181834Sroberto@cindex vendor-specific NTP query program 5181834Sroberto@ignore 6181834Sroberto# 7181834Sroberto# EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (ntpdc-opts.texi) 8181834Sroberto# 9200576Sroberto# It has been AutoGen-ed Tuesday December 8, 2009 at 08:14:02 AM EST 10181834Sroberto# From the definitions ntpdc-opts.def 11181834Sroberto# and the template file aginfo.tpl 12181834Sroberto@end ignore 13181834SrobertoThis program has no explanation. 14181834Sroberto 15181834SrobertoThe 16181834Sroberto[= prog-name =] 17181834Srobertoutility program is used to query an NTP daemon about its 18181834Srobertocurrent state and to request changes in that state. 19181834SrobertoIt uses NTP mode 7 control message formats described in the source code. 20181834SrobertoThe program may 21181834Srobertobe run either in interactive mode or controlled using command line 22181834Srobertoarguments. 23181834SrobertoExtensive state and statistics information is available 24181834Srobertothrough the 25181834Sroberto[= prog-name =] 26181834Srobertointerface. 27181834SrobertoIn addition, nearly all the 28181834Srobertoconfiguration options which can be specified at startup using 29181834Srobertontpd's configuration file may also be specified at run time using 30181834Sroberto[= prog-name =] . 31181834Sroberto 32181834Sroberto 33181834Sroberto 34181834SrobertoThis section was generated by @strong{AutoGen}, 35181834Srobertothe aginfo template and the option descriptions for the @command{ntpdc} program. It documents the ntpdc usage text and option meanings. 36181834Sroberto 37181834SrobertoThis software is released under a specialized copyright license. 38181834Sroberto 39181834Sroberto@menu 40181834Sroberto* ntpdc usage:: ntpdc usage help (-?) 41181834Sroberto* ntpdc command:: command option (-c) 42181834Sroberto* ntpdc debug-level:: debug-level option (-d) 43181834Sroberto* ntpdc interactive:: interactive option (-i) 44181834Sroberto* ntpdc ipv4:: ipv4 option (-4) 45181834Sroberto* ntpdc ipv6:: ipv6 option (-6) 46181834Sroberto* ntpdc listpeers:: listpeers option (-l) 47181834Sroberto* ntpdc numeric:: numeric option (-n) 48181834Sroberto* ntpdc peers:: peers option (-p) 49181834Sroberto* ntpdc set-debug-level:: set-debug-level option (-D) 50181834Sroberto* ntpdc showpeers:: showpeers option (-s) 51181834Sroberto@end menu 52181834Sroberto 53181834Sroberto@node ntpdc usage 54181834Sroberto@subsection ntpdc usage help (-?) 55181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc usage 56181834Sroberto 57181834SrobertoThis is the automatically generated usage text for ntpdc: 58181834Sroberto 59181834Sroberto@exampleindent 0 60181834Sroberto@example 61200576Srobertontpdc - vendor-specific NTP query program - Ver. 4.2.5p247-RC 62181834SrobertoUSAGE: ntpdc [ -<flag> [<val>] | --<name>[@{=| @}<val>] ]... [ host ...] 63181834Sroberto Flg Arg Option-Name Description 64181834Sroberto -4 no ipv4 Force IPv4 DNS name resolution 65200576Sroberto - prohibits these options: 66200576Sroberto ipv6 67181834Sroberto -6 no ipv6 Force IPv6 DNS name resolution 68200576Sroberto - prohibits these options: 69200576Sroberto ipv4 70181834Sroberto -c Str command run a command and exit 71181834Sroberto - may appear multiple times 72181834Sroberto -l no listpeers Print a list of the peers 73181834Sroberto - prohibits these options: 74181834Sroberto command 75181834Sroberto -p no peers Print a list of the peers 76181834Sroberto - prohibits these options: 77181834Sroberto command 78181834Sroberto -s no showpeers Show a list of the peers 79181834Sroberto - prohibits these options: 80181834Sroberto command 81181834Sroberto -i no interactive Force ntpq to operate in interactive mode 82181834Sroberto - prohibits these options: 83181834Sroberto command 84181834Sroberto listpeers 85181834Sroberto peers 86181834Sroberto showpeers 87181834Sroberto -d no debug-level Increase output debug message level 88181834Sroberto - may appear multiple times 89181834Sroberto -D Str set-debug-level Set the output debug message level 90181834Sroberto - may appear multiple times 91181834Sroberto -n no numeric numeric host addresses 92181834Sroberto opt version Output version information and exit 93200576Sroberto -? no help Display extended usage information and exit 94181834Sroberto -! no more-help Extended usage information passed thru pager 95181834Sroberto -> opt save-opts Save the option state to a config file 96181834Sroberto -< Str load-opts Load options from a config file 97181834Sroberto - disabled as --no-load-opts 98181834Sroberto - may appear multiple times 99181834Sroberto 100181834SrobertoOptions are specified by doubled hyphens and their name 101181834Srobertoor by a single hyphen and the flag character. 102181834Sroberto 103181834SrobertoThe following option preset mechanisms are supported: 104181834Sroberto - reading file /users/stenn/.ntprc 105181834Sroberto - reading file /deacon/backroom/snaps/ntp-stable/ntpdc/.ntprc 106181834Sroberto - examining environment variables named NTPDC_* 107181834Sroberto 108181834SrobertoThe 109181834Sroberto[= prog-name =] 110181834Srobertoutility program is used to query an NTP daemon about its 111181834Srobertocurrent state and to request changes in that state. 112181834SrobertoIt uses NTP mode 7 control message formats described in the source code. 113181834SrobertoThe program may 114181834Srobertobe run either in interactive mode or controlled using command line 115181834Srobertoarguments. 116181834SrobertoExtensive state and statistics information is available 117181834Srobertothrough the 118181834Sroberto[= prog-name =] 119181834Srobertointerface. 120181834SrobertoIn addition, nearly all the 121181834Srobertoconfiguration options which can be specified at startup using 122181834Srobertontpd's configuration file may also be specified at run time using 123181834Sroberto[= prog-name =] . 124181834Sroberto 125181834Srobertoplease send bug reports to: http://bugs.ntp.org, bugs@@ntp.org 126181834Sroberto@end example 127181834Sroberto@exampleindent 4 128181834Sroberto 129181834Sroberto@node ntpdc ipv4 130181834Sroberto@subsection ipv4 option (-4) 131181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-ipv4 132181834Sroberto 133181834SrobertoThis is the ``force ipv4 dns name resolution'' option. 134181834Sroberto 135181834SrobertoThis option has some usage constraints. It: 136181834Sroberto@itemize @bullet 137181834Sroberto@item 138181834Srobertois a member of the ipv4 class of options. 139181834Sroberto@end itemize 140181834Sroberto 141181834SrobertoForce DNS resolution of following host names on the command line 142181834Srobertoto the IPv4 namespace. 143181834Sroberto 144181834Sroberto@node ntpdc ipv6 145181834Sroberto@subsection ipv6 option (-6) 146181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-ipv6 147181834Sroberto 148181834SrobertoThis is the ``force ipv6 dns name resolution'' option. 149181834Sroberto 150181834SrobertoThis option has some usage constraints. It: 151181834Sroberto@itemize @bullet 152181834Sroberto@item 153181834Srobertois a member of the ipv4 class of options. 154181834Sroberto@end itemize 155181834Sroberto 156181834SrobertoForce DNS resolution of following host names on the command line 157181834Srobertoto the IPv6 namespace. 158181834Sroberto 159181834Sroberto@node ntpdc command 160181834Sroberto@subsection command option (-c) 161181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-command 162181834Sroberto 163181834SrobertoThis is the ``run a command and exit'' option. 164181834Sroberto 165181834SrobertoThis option has some usage constraints. It: 166181834Sroberto@itemize @bullet 167181834Sroberto@item 168181834Srobertomay appear an unlimited number of times. 169181834Sroberto@end itemize 170181834Sroberto 171181834SrobertoThe following argument is interpreted as an interactive format command 172181834Srobertoand is added to the list of commands to be executed on the specified 173181834Srobertohost(s). 174181834Sroberto 175181834Sroberto@node ntpdc listpeers 176181834Sroberto@subsection listpeers option (-l) 177181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-listpeers 178181834Sroberto 179181834SrobertoThis is the ``print a list of the peers'' option. 180181834Sroberto 181181834SrobertoThis option has some usage constraints. It: 182181834Sroberto@itemize @bullet 183181834Sroberto@item 184181834Srobertomust not appear in combination with any of the following options: 185181834Srobertocommand. 186181834Sroberto@end itemize 187181834Sroberto 188181834SrobertoPrint a list of the peers known to the server as well as a summary of 189181834Srobertotheir state. This is equivalent to the 'listpeers' interactive command. 190181834Sroberto 191181834Sroberto@node ntpdc peers 192181834Sroberto@subsection peers option (-p) 193181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-peers 194181834Sroberto 195181834SrobertoThis is the ``print a list of the peers'' option. 196181834Sroberto 197181834SrobertoThis option has some usage constraints. It: 198181834Sroberto@itemize @bullet 199181834Sroberto@item 200181834Srobertomust not appear in combination with any of the following options: 201181834Srobertocommand. 202181834Sroberto@end itemize 203181834Sroberto 204181834SrobertoPrint a list of the peers known to the server as well as a summary 205181834Srobertoof their state. This is equivalent to the 'peers' interactive command. 206181834Sroberto 207181834Sroberto@node ntpdc showpeers 208181834Sroberto@subsection showpeers option (-s) 209181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-showpeers 210181834Sroberto 211181834SrobertoThis is the ``show a list of the peers'' option. 212181834Sroberto 213181834SrobertoThis option has some usage constraints. It: 214181834Sroberto@itemize @bullet 215181834Sroberto@item 216181834Srobertomust not appear in combination with any of the following options: 217181834Srobertocommand. 218181834Sroberto@end itemize 219181834Sroberto 220181834SrobertoPrint a list of the peers known to the server as well as a summary 221181834Srobertoof their state. This is equivalent to the 'dmpeers' interactive command. 222181834Sroberto 223181834Sroberto@node ntpdc interactive 224181834Sroberto@subsection interactive option (-i) 225181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-interactive 226181834Sroberto 227181834SrobertoThis is the ``force ntpq to operate in interactive mode'' option. 228181834Sroberto 229181834SrobertoThis option has some usage constraints. It: 230181834Sroberto@itemize @bullet 231181834Sroberto@item 232181834Srobertomust not appear in combination with any of the following options: 233181834Srobertocommand, listpeers, peers, showpeers. 234181834Sroberto@end itemize 235181834Sroberto 236181834SrobertoForce ntpq to operate in interactive mode. Prompts will be written 237181834Srobertoto the standard output and commands read from the standard input. 238181834Sroberto 239181834Sroberto@node ntpdc debug-level 240181834Sroberto@subsection debug-level option (-d) 241181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-debug-level 242181834Sroberto 243181834SrobertoThis is the ``increase output debug message level'' option. 244181834Sroberto 245181834SrobertoThis option has some usage constraints. It: 246181834Sroberto@itemize @bullet 247181834Sroberto@item 248181834Srobertomay appear an unlimited number of times. 249181834Sroberto@item 250181834Srobertomust be compiled in by defining @code{DEBUG} during the compilation. 251181834Sroberto@end itemize 252181834Sroberto 253181834SrobertoIncrease the debugging message output level. 254181834Sroberto 255181834Sroberto@node ntpdc set-debug-level 256181834Sroberto@subsection set-debug-level option (-D) 257181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-set-debug-level 258181834Sroberto 259181834SrobertoThis is the ``set the output debug message level'' option. 260181834Sroberto 261181834SrobertoThis option has some usage constraints. It: 262181834Sroberto@itemize @bullet 263181834Sroberto@item 264181834Srobertomay appear an unlimited number of times. 265181834Sroberto@item 266181834Srobertomust be compiled in by defining @code{DEBUG} during the compilation. 267181834Sroberto@end itemize 268181834Sroberto 269181834SrobertoSet the output debugging level. Can be supplied multiple times, 270181834Srobertobut each overrides the previous value(s). 271181834Sroberto 272181834Sroberto@node ntpdc numeric 273181834Sroberto@subsection numeric option (-n) 274181834Sroberto@cindex ntpdc-numeric 275181834Sroberto 276181834SrobertoThis is the ``numeric host addresses'' option. 277181834SrobertoOutput all host addresses in dotted-quad numeric format rather than 278181834Srobertoconverting to the canonical host names. 279