70 lines
2.1 KiB
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70 lines
2.1 KiB
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/* -*- Mode: Text -*- */
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AutoGen Definitions perlopt;
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//#include copyright.def
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#include autogen-version.def
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prog-name = 'ntptrace';
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prog-title = 'Trace peers of an NTP server';
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package = ntp;
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#include version.def
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argument = '[host]';
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long-opts;
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gnu-usage;
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flag = {
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name = numeric;
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value = n;
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descrip = 'Print IP addresses instead of hostnames';
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doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_
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Output hosts as dotted-quad numeric format rather than converting to
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the canonical host names.
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_EndOfDoc_;
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};
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flag = {
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name = max-hosts;
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value = m;
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arg-type = number;
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arg-default = 99;
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descrip = 'Maximum number of peers to trace';
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};
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flag = {
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name = host;
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value = r;
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arg-type = string;
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arg-default = '127.0.0.1';
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descrip = 'Single remote host';
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};
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doc-section = {
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ds-type = 'DESCRIPTION';
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ds-format = 'texi';
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ds-text = <<- _END_PROG_MDOC_DESCRIP
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@code{ntptrace} is a perl script that uses the ntpq utility program to follow
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the chain of NTP servers from a given host back to the primary time source. For
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ntptrace to work properly, each of these servers must implement the NTP Control
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and Monitoring Protocol specified in RFC 1305 and enable NTP Mode 6 packets.
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If given no arguments, ntptrace starts with localhost. Here is an example of
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the output from ntptrace:
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@example
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% ntptrace localhost: stratum 4, offset 0.0019529, synch distance 0.144135
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server2ozo.com: stratum 2, offset 0.0124263, synch distance 0.115784 usndh.edu:
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stratum 1, offset 0.0019298, synch distance 0.011993, refid 'WWVB'
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@end example
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On each line, the fields are (left to right): the host name, the host stratum,
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the time offset between that host and the local host (as measured by
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@code{ntptrace}; this is why it is not always zero for "localhost"), the host
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synchronization distance, and (only for stratum-1 servers) the reference clock
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ID. All times are given in seconds. Note that the stratum is the server hop
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count to the primary source, while the synchronization distance is the
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estimated error relative to the primary source. These terms are precisely
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defined in RFC-1305.
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_END_PROG_MDOC_DESCRIP;
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};
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