README file for directory ./scripts of the NTP Version 3 distribution
This directory contains shell and perl script files for the configuration,
monitoring and support of NTP installations. See the README and RELNOTES
files in the parent directory for directions on how to use these files.
Guess.sh script to figure out what machine and operating system
is running this thing. Prizes awarded for new machines
added to the list.
autoconf awesome script swiped from Jeff Johnson (who may have
swiped it from GNU) which delves deep into the system
files to reveal dark secrets necessary to port NTP to
everything exceptt sewing machines. Unfinished work.
makeconfig.sh shell script that calles Guess.sh and then figures out
what compiler is available, then builds the
configuration file in the base directory. Finally, it
launches the sed script Config.sed in the base directory
to make the makefiles used by most programs.
mklinks script useful to create directories for multiple
architecture maintenance
mkversion script useful to create new version numbers for all
sources
monitoring directory containing perl scripts useful for monitoring
operations
ntp-groper script useful for reaching out and rattling the cages of
NTP peers to see if animals are inside the bars
ntp-restart script useful for killing and restarting the NTP daemon
stats directory containing awk ans shell scripts useful for
maintaining statistics summaries of clockstats, loopstats
and peerstats files
support directory containing shell and perl scripts useful for
configuration and monitoring of NTP subnets
