[ntp:hackers] 1. ntpd's sync state (Harlan Stenn)
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu May 29 19:45:13 UTC 2008
In message <7.0.0.16.2.20080529072401.02333a48 at boulder.nist.gov>, Judah Levine
writes:
>Hello,
>
>>There is a need to be able to easily and consistently determine if
>>system clock and/or ntpd's idea of its internal state and the system
>>clock are "correct" (for some definition of correct).
Isn't this exactly what the ntp_gettime() systemcall is for ?
The ntp_gettime() function provides the time, maximum error (sync dis-
tance) and estimated error (dispersion) to client user application pro-
grams.
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