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<h1 class="settitle">ntpdc: NTPD Control User's Manual</h1>
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<h2 class="unnumbered">ntpdc: NTPD Control User Manual</h2>
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error bound of the system clock relative to the server clock.
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<h3 class="section">Invoking ntpdc</h3>
<p><a name="index-ntpdc-1"></a><a name="index-vendor_002dspecific-NTPD-control-program-2"></a>
+ <p><code>ntpdc</code>
+is deprecated.
+Please use
+<code>ntpq(1ntpqmdoc)</code> instead - it can do everything
+<code>ntpdc</code>
+used to do, and it does so using a much more sane interface.
+
<p><code>ntpdc</code>
is a utility program used to query
<code>ntpd(1ntpdmdoc)</code>
This software is released under the NTP license, <http://ntp.org/license>.
<ul class="menu">
-<li><a accesskey="1" href="#ntpdc-usage">ntpdc usage</a>: ntpdc help/usage (<span class="option">--help</span>)
+<li><a accesskey="1" href="#ntpdc-usage">ntpdc usage</a>: ntpdc help/usage (<samp><span class="option">--help</span></samp>)
<li><a accesskey="2" href="#ntpdc-ipv4">ntpdc ipv4</a>: ipv4 option (-4)
<li><a accesskey="3" href="#ntpdc-ipv6">ntpdc ipv6</a>: ipv6 option (-6)
<li><a accesskey="4" href="#ntpdc-command">ntpdc command</a>: command option (-c)
</ul>
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+<a name="ntpdc-usage"></a>
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-
<a name="ntpdc-usage"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-ipv4">ntpdc ipv4</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-ipv4">ntpdc ipv4</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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-<h4 class="subsection">ntpdc help/usage (<span class="option">--help</span>)</h4>
+<h4 class="subsection">ntpdc help/usage (<samp><span class="option">--help</span></samp>)</h4>
<p><a name="index-ntpdc-help-3"></a>
This is the automatically generated usage text for ntpdc.
<p>The text printed is the same whether selected with the <code>help</code> option
-(<span class="option">--help</span>) or the <code>more-help</code> option (<span class="option">--more-help</span>). <code>more-help</code> will print
+(<samp><span class="option">--help</span></samp>) or the <code>more-help</code> option (<samp><span class="option">--more-help</span></samp>). <code>more-help</code> will print
the usage text by passing it through a pager program.
<code>more-help</code> is disabled on platforms without a working
<code>fork(2)</code> function. The <code>PAGER</code> environment variable is
-used to select the program, defaulting to <span class="file">more</span>. Both will exit
+used to select the program, defaulting to <samp><span class="file">more</span></samp>. Both will exit
with a status code of 0.
<pre class="example">ntpdc - vendor-specific NTPD control program - Ver. 4.2.7p415
exit 0
</pre>
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+<a name="ntpdc-ipv4"></a>
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<a name="ntpdc-ipv4"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-ipv6">ntpdc ipv6</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-ipv6">ntpdc ipv6</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-usage">ntpdc usage</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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<h4 class="subsection">ipv4 option (-4)</h4>
<p>Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line
to the IPv4 namespace.
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+<a name="ntpdc-ipv6"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-ipv6"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-command">ntpdc command</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-command">ntpdc command</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-ipv4">ntpdc ipv4</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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+
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<h4 class="subsection">ipv6 option (-6)</h4>
<p>Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line
to the IPv6 namespace.
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+<a name="ntpdc-command"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-command"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-interactive">ntpdc interactive</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-interactive">ntpdc interactive</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-ipv6">ntpdc ipv6</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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<h4 class="subsection">command option (-c)</h4>
<p><a name="index-ntpdc_002dcommand-6"></a>
This is the “run a command and exit” option.
-This option takes a string argument <span class="file">cmd</span>.
+This option takes a string argument <samp><span class="file">cmd</span></samp>.
<p class="noindent">This option has some usage constraints. It:
<ul>
and is added to the list of commands to be executed on the specified
host(s).
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+<a name="ntpdc-interactive"></a>
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-
<a name="ntpdc-interactive"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-listpeers">ntpdc listpeers</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-listpeers">ntpdc listpeers</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-command">ntpdc command</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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<h4 class="subsection">interactive option (-i)</h4>
<p>Force ntpq to operate in interactive mode. Prompts will be written
to the standard output and commands read from the standard input.
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+<a name="ntpdc-listpeers"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-listpeers"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-numeric">ntpdc numeric</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-numeric">ntpdc numeric</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-interactive">ntpdc interactive</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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<h4 class="subsection">listpeers option (-l)</h4>
<p>Print a list of the peers known to the server as well as a summary of
their state. This is equivalent to the 'listpeers' interactive command.
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+<a name="ntpdc-numeric"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-numeric"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-peers">ntpdc peers</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-peers">ntpdc peers</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-listpeers">ntpdc listpeers</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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<h4 class="subsection">numeric option (-n)</h4>
Output all host addresses in dotted-quad numeric format rather than
converting to the canonical host names.
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+<a name="ntpdc-peers"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-peers"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-showpeers">ntpdc showpeers</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-showpeers">ntpdc showpeers</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-numeric">ntpdc numeric</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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<h4 class="subsection">peers option (-p)</h4>
<p>Print a list of the peers known to the server as well as a summary
of their state. This is equivalent to the 'peers' interactive command.
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+<a name="ntpdc-showpeers"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-showpeers"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-config">ntpdc config</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-config">ntpdc config</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-peers">ntpdc peers</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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<h4 class="subsection">showpeers option (-s)</h4>
of their state. This is equivalent to the 'dmpeers' interactive command.
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+<a name="ntpdc-config"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-config"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-exit-status">ntpdc exit status</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-exit-status">ntpdc exit status</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-showpeers">ntpdc showpeers</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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+
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<h4 class="subsection">presetting/configuring ntpdc</h4>
<li>$PWD
</ul>
The environment variables <code>HOME</code>, and <code>PWD</code>
-are expanded and replaced when <span class="file">ntpdc</span> runs.
+are expanded and replaced when <samp><span class="file">ntpdc</span></samp> runs.
For any of these that are plain files, they are simply processed.
-For any that are directories, then a file named <span class="file">.ntprc</span> is searched for
+For any that are directories, then a file named <samp><span class="file">.ntprc</span></samp> is searched for
within that directory and processed.
<p>Configuration files may be in a wide variety of formats.
Only the first letter of the argument is examined:
<dl>
-<dt><span class="samp">version</span><dd>Only print the version. This is the default.
-<br><dt><span class="samp">copyright</span><dd>Name the copyright usage licensing terms.
-<br><dt><span class="samp">verbose</span><dd>Print the full copyright usage licensing terms.
+<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">version</span></samp>’<dd>Only print the version. This is the default.
+<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">copyright</span></samp>’<dd>Name the copyright usage licensing terms.
+<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">verbose</span></samp>’<dd>Print the full copyright usage licensing terms.
</dl>
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+<a name="ntpdc-exit-status"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-exit-status"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-Usage">ntpdc Usage</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-Usage">ntpdc Usage</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-config">ntpdc config</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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+
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<h4 class="subsection">ntpdc exit status</h4>
<p>One of the following exit values will be returned:
<dl>
-<dt><span class="samp">0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)</span><dd>Successful program execution.
-<br><dt><span class="samp">1 (EXIT_FAILURE)</span><dd>The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
-<br><dt><span class="samp">66 (EX_NOINPUT)</span><dd>A specified configuration file could not be loaded.
-<br><dt><span class="samp">70 (EX_SOFTWARE)</span><dd>libopts had an internal operational error. Please report
+<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)</span></samp>’<dd>Successful program execution.
+<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">1 (EXIT_FAILURE)</span></samp>’<dd>The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
+<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">66 (EX_NOINPUT)</span></samp>’<dd>A specified configuration file could not be loaded.
+<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">70 (EX_SOFTWARE)</span></samp>’<dd>libopts had an internal operational error. Please report
it to autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net. Thank you.
</dl>
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+<a name="ntpdc-Usage"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-Usage"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-See-Also">ntpdc See Also</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-See-Also">ntpdc See Also</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-exit-status">ntpdc exit status</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
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+
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<h4 class="subsection">ntpdc Usage</h4>
<div class="node">
+<a name="ntpdc-See-Also"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-See-Also"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-Authors">ntpdc Authors</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-Authors">ntpdc Authors</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-Usage">ntpdc Usage</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
-<br>
+
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<h4 class="subsection">ntpdc See Also</h4>
<div class="node">
+<a name="ntpdc-Authors"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-Authors"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-Bugs">ntpdc Bugs</a>,
+Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="#ntpdc-Bugs">ntpdc Bugs</a>,
Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-See-Also">ntpdc See Also</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
-<br>
+
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<h4 class="subsection">ntpdc Authors</h4>
<div class="node">
+<a name="ntpdc-Bugs"></a>
<p><hr>
-
<a name="ntpdc-Bugs"></a>Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-Authors">ntpdc Authors</a>,
+Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="#ntpdc-Authors">ntpdc Authors</a>,
Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="#ntpdc-Invocation">ntpdc Invocation</a>
-<br>
+
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<h4 class="subsection">ntpdc Bugs</h4>
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-<p><hr>
<a name="Usage"></a>
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