<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
-
-<!--
- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
-
- This file is part of systemd.
-
- Copyright 2014 Kay Sievers
-
- systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
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--->
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
<refentry id="systemd-timesyncd.service" conditional='ENABLE_TIMESYNCD'>
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-timesyncd.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Kay</firstname>
- <surname>Sievers</surname>
- <email>kay@vrfy.org</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
<command>set-ntp</command> command may be used to enable and
start, or disable and stop this service.</para>
+
+ <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
+ <command>timesync-status</command> or <command>show-timesync</command> command can be used to show the
+ current status of this service.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<term><filename>/var/lib/systemd/timesync/clock</filename></term>
<listitem>
- <para>This file contains the timestamp of the last successful
- synchronization.</para>
+ <para>The modification time of this file indicates the timestamp of the last successful
+ synchronization (or at least the systemd build date, in case synchronization was not
+ possible).</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/run/systemd/timesync/synchronized</filename></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A file that is touched on each successful synchronization, to assist
+ <filename>systemd-time-wait-sync</filename> and other applications to detecting synchronization
+ events.</para>
</listitem>
+
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>timesyncd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-time-wait-sync.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>localtime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hwclock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>