<h3><tt>ntptime</tt> - read kernel time variables</h3>
<imgsrc="pic/pogo5.gif"alt="gif"align="left"><ahref="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/pictures.html">from <i>Pogo</i>, Walt Kelly</a>
<p>The turtle has been swimming in the kernel.</p>
<p>Last update: <csobjformat="ShortTime"h="25"locale="00000409"region="0"t="DateTime"w="61">18:46</csobj> UTC <csobjformat="LongDate"h="25"locale="00000409"region="0"t="DateTime"w="246">Thursday, July 28, 2005</csobj></p>
<p>This program is useful only with special kernels described in the <ahref="kern.html">A Kernel Model for Precision Timekeeping</a> page. It reads and displays time-related kernel variables using the <tt>ntp_gettime()</tt> system call. A similar display can be obtained using the <tt>ntpdc</tt> program and <tt>kerninfo</tt> command.</p>
<h4>Options</h4>
<dl>
<dt><tt>-c</tt>
<dd>Display the execution time of <tt>ntptime</tt> itself.
<dt><tt>-e <i>est_error</i></tt>
<dd>Specify estimated error, in microseconds.
<dt><tt>-f <i>frequency</i></tt>
<dd>Specify frequency offset, in parts per million.
<dt><tt>-h</tt>
<dd>Display help information.
<dt><tt>-m <i>max_error</i></tt>
<dd>Specify max possible errors, in microseconds.
<dt><tt>-o <i>offset</i></tt>
<dd>Specify clock offset, in microseconds.
<dt><tt>-r</tt>
<dd>Display Unix and NTP times in raw format.
<dt><tt>-s <i>status</i></tt>
<dd>Specify clock status. Better know what you are doing.
<dt><tt>-t <i>time_constant</i></tt>
<dd>Specify time constant, an integer in the range 0-10.