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1.1.2 ipv4 option (-4)

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This is the “force ipv4 dns name resolution” option. -

This option has some usage constraints. It: -

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: -ipv6. -

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Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line -to the IPv4 namespace. -

+ +

ipv4 option (-4)

+ +

+This is the “force ipv4 dns name resolution” option. + +

This option has some usage constraints. It: +

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: +ipv6. +

+ +

Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line +to the IPv4 namespace. +

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1.1.3 ipv6 option (-6)

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This is the “force ipv6 dns name resolution” option. -

This option has some usage constraints. It: -

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: -ipv4. -

- -

Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line -to the IPv6 namespace. -

+ +

ipv6 option (-6)

+ +

+This is the “force ipv6 dns name resolution” option. + +

This option has some usage constraints. It: +

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: +ipv4. +

+ +

Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line +to the IPv6 namespace. +

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1.1.4 command option (-c)

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This is the “run a command and exit” option. -This option takes a string argument cmd. -

This option has some usage constraints. It: -

may appear an unlimited number of times. -

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The following argument is interpreted as an interactive format command + +

command option (-c)

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+This is the “run a command and exit” option. +This option takes a string argument cmd. + +

This option has some usage constraints. It: +

may appear an unlimited number of times. +

+ +

The following argument is interpreted as an interactive format command and is added to the list of commands to be executed on the specified -host(s). -

+host(s). +

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1.1.5 interactive option (-i)

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This is the “force ntpq to operate in interactive mode” option. -

This option has some usage constraints. It: -

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: -command, listpeers, peers, showpeers. -

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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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interactive option (-i)

+ +

+This is the “force ntpq to operate in interactive mode” option. + +

This option has some usage constraints. It: +

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: +command, listpeers, peers, showpeers. +

+ +

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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1.1.6 listpeers option (-l)

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This is the “print a list of the peers” option. -

This option has some usage constraints. It: -

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: -command. -

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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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listpeers option (-l)

+ +

+This is the “print a list of the peers” option. + +

This option has some usage constraints. It: +

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: +command. +

+ +

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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1.1.7 numeric option (-n)

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This is the “numeric host addresses” option. +

numeric option (-n)

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+This is the “numeric host addresses” option. Output all host addresses in dotted-quad numeric format rather than converting to the canonical host names. -

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1.1.8 peers option (-p)

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This is the “print a list of the peers” option. -

This option has some usage constraints. It: -

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: -command. -

- -

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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peers option (-p)

+ +

+This is the “print a list of the peers” option. + +

This option has some usage constraints. It: +

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: +command. +

+ +

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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1.1.9 showpeers option (-s)

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This is the “show a list of the peers” option. -

This option has some usage constraints. It: -

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: -command. -

- -

Print a list of the peers known to the server as well as a summary -of their state. This is equivalent to the ’dmpeers’ interactive command. -

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+ +

showpeers option (-s)

+ +

+This is the “show a list of the peers” option. + +

This option has some usage constraints. It: +

must not appear in combination with any of the following options: +command. +

+ +

Print a list of the peers known to the server as well as a summary +of their state. This is equivalent to the 'dmpeers' interactive command. + +

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1.1.10 presetting/configuring ntpdc

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presetting/configuring ntpdc

Any option that is not marked as not presettable may be preset by -loading values from configuration ("rc" or "ini") files, and values from environment variables named NTPDC and NTPDC_<OPTION_NAME>. <OPTION_NAME> must be one of -the options listed above in upper case and segmented with underscores. +loading values from configuration ("rc" or "ini") files, and values from environment variables named NTPDC and NTPDC_<OPTION_NAME>. <OPTION_NAME> must be one of +the options listed above in upper case and segmented with underscores. The NTPDC variable will be tokenized and parsed like the command line. The remaining variables are tested for existence and their values are treated like option arguments. -

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libopts will search in 2 places for configuration files: -

$HOME -
$PWD -

The environment variables HOME, and PWD -are expanded and replaced when ntpdc runs. -For any of these that are plain files, they are simply processed. -For any that are directories, then a file named .ntprc is searched for + +

libopts will search in 2 places for configuration files: +

$HOME +
$PWD +

+ The environment variables HOME, and PWD +are expanded and replaced when ntpdc runs. +For any of these that are plain files, they are simply processed. +For any that are directories, then a file named .ntprc is searched for within that directory and processed. -

Configuration files may be in a wide variety of formats. + +

Configuration files may be in a wide variety of formats. The basic format is an option name followed by a value (argument) on the same line. Values may be separated from the option name with a colon, equal sign or simply white space. Values may be continued across multiple lines by escaping the newline with a backslash. -

Multiple programs may also share the same initialization file. + +

Multiple programs may also share the same initialization file. Common options are collected at the top, followed by program specific segments. The segments are separated by lines like: -

[NTPDC]
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or by -

<?program ntpdc>
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Do not mix these styles within one configuration file. -

Compound values and carefully constructed string values may also be +

    [NTPDC]
+

or by +

    <?program ntpdc>
+

Do not mix these styles within one configuration file. + +

Compound values and carefully constructed string values may also be specified using XML syntax: -

<option-name>
-   <sub-opt>...&lt;...&gt;...</sub-opt>
-</option-name>
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yielding an option-name.sub-opt string value of -

"...<...>..."
-

AutoOpts does not track suboptions. You simply note that it is a +

    <option-name>
+       <sub-opt>...&lt;...&gt;...</sub-opt>
+    </option-name>
+

yielding an option-name.sub-opt string value of +

    "...<...>..."
+

AutoOpts does not track suboptions. You simply note that it is a hierarchicly valued option. AutoOpts does provide a means for searching the associated name/value pair list (see: optionFindValue). -

The command line options relating to configuration and/or usage help are: -

- -

version (-)

+ +

The command line options relating to configuration and/or usage help are: + +

version (-)

Print the program version to standard out, optionally with licensing information, then exit 0. The optional argument specifies how much licensing -detail to provide. The default is to print just the version. The licensing infomation may be selected with an option argument. +detail to provide. The default is to print just the version. The licensing infomation may be selected with an option argument. Only the first letter of the argument is examined: -

‘version’: Only print the version. This is the default. -
‘copyright’: Name the copyright usage licensing terms. -
‘verbose’: Print the full copyright usage licensing terms. -

• ntpdc Description:		Description -
• ntpdc Invocation:		Invoking ntpdc -
• Usage:		Usage -

• ntpdc usage:		ntpdc help/usage (`--help`) -
• ntpdc ipv4:		ipv4 option (-4) -
• ntpdc ipv6:		ipv6 option (-6) -
• ntpdc command:		command option (-c) -
• ntpdc interactive:		interactive option (-i) -
• ntpdc listpeers:		listpeers option (-l) -
• ntpdc numeric:		numeric option (-n) -
• ntpdc peers:		peers option (-p) -
• ntpdc showpeers:		showpeers option (-s) -
• ntpdc config:		presetting/configuring ntpdc -
• ntpdc exit status:		exit status -
• ntpdc Usage:		Usage -
• ntpdc See Also:		See Also -
• ntpdc Authors:		Authors -
• ntpdc Bugs:		Bugs -

• calc_tickadj Description:		Description -
• calc_tickadj Invocation:		Invoking calc_tickadj -

• calc_tickadj usage:		calc_tickadj help/usage (`--help`) -
• calc_tickadj drift-file:		drift-file option (-d) -
• calc_tickadj tick:		tick option (-t) -
• calc_tickadj exit status:		exit status -

• ntp-wait Description:		Description -
• ntp-wait Invocation:		Invoking ntp-wait -

• ntp-wait usage:		ntp-wait help/usage (`--help`) -
• ntp-wait tries:		tries option (-n) -
• ntp-wait sleep:		sleep option (-s) -
• ntp-wait verbose:		verbose option (-v) -
• ntp-wait exit status:		exit status -
• ntp-wait Authors:		Authors -
• ntp-wait Notes:		Notes -

• ntpsweep Description:		Description -
• ntpsweep Invocation:		Invoking ntpsweep -

• ntpsweep usage:		ntpsweep help/usage (`--help`) -
• ntpsweep host-list:		host-list option (-l) -
• ntpsweep peers:		peers option (-p) -
• ntpsweep maxlevel:		maxlevel option (-m) -
• ntpsweep strip:		strip option (-s) -
• ntpsweep host:		host option (-h) -
• ntpsweep exit status:		exit status -

• ntptrace Description:		Description -
• ntptrace Invocation:		Invoking ntptrace -

• ntptrace usage:		ntptrace help/usage (`--help`) -
• ntptrace numeric:		numeric option (-n) -
• ntptrace max-hosts:		max-hosts option (-m) -
• ntptrace host:		host option (-r) -
• ntptrace exit status:		exit status -

• plot_summary Description:		Description -
• plot_summary Invocation:		Invoking plot_summary -

• plot_summary usage:		plot_summary help/usage (`--help`) -
• plot_summary directory:		directory option -
• plot_summary identifier:		identifier option -
• plot_summary peer:		peer option -
• plot_summary plot-term:		plot-term option -
• plot_summary output-file:		output-file option -
• plot_summary exit status:		exit status -

• summary Description:		Description -
• summary Invocation:		Invoking summary -

• summary usage:		summary help/usage (`--help`) -
• summary directory:		directory option -
• summary end-date:		end-date option -
• summary output-directory:		output-directory option -
• summary start-date:		start-date option -
• summary exit status:		exit status -

• sntp Description:		Description -
• sntp Invocation:		Invoking sntp -
• Usage:		Usage -

• sntp usage:		sntp help/usage (`--help`) -
• sntp ipv4:		ipv4 option (-4) -
• sntp ipv6:		ipv6 option (-6) -
• sntp authentication:		authentication option (-a) -
• sntp broadcast:		broadcast option (-b) -
• sntp concurrent:		concurrent option (-c) -
• sntp gap:		gap option (-g) -
• sntp kod:		kod option (-K) -
• sntp keyfile:		keyfile option (-k) -
• sntp logfile:		logfile option (-l) -
• sntp steplimit:		steplimit option (-M) -
• sntp ntpversion:		ntpversion option (-o) -
• sntp usereservedport:		usereservedport option (-r) -
• sntp timeout:		timeout option (-t) -
• sntp wait:		wait option -
• sntp config:		presetting/configuring sntp -
• sntp exit status:		exit status -
• sntp Usage:		Usage -
• sntp Authors:		Authors -