[ntp:questions] Re: Drift file/Log files don't get created
Tom Smith
smith at cag.lkg.hp.com
Sat Jul 16 13:19:46 UTC 2005
derek.flake at bell.ca wrote:
> installer GUI from the Meinberg site). The ntp.conf file has the
> following lines:
>
> server x.x.x.x prefer #<-- this is the IP of a GPS
> source. It gets recognized by ntpq -p as a Stratum 1
>
> logconfig =all
>
> logfile "C:\Program Files\NTP\etc\ntp.log"
>
> driftfile "C:\ Program Files\NTP\etc\ntp.drift"
>
> statsdir "C:\ Program Files\NTP\etc\ntpstats"
>
> No files or folders are written anywhere, even after overnight tests.
> Are these commands even supposed to work under a Windows environment?
I've had the same problem, and it comes up from time to time
with a lot of older DOS programs and programs ported from
other platforms. Not wanting to spend a lot of time on it,
I just used the DOS name on my system for the "Program Files"
directory:
driftfile C:\progra~1\NTP\etc\ntp.drift
-Tom
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