[ntp:questions] status information after ntpd -q

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.org
Wed Feb 5 07:09:11 UTC 2014


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> Harlan Stenn wrote:
> > BlackLists writes:
> >> joeri delvoy wrote:
> >>> does sntp force the time of the system clock automatically when run as ro
> ot
> >> ,
> >>>  or do you need to add an optional parameter to do so?
> >>
> >> <http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/sntp.html>
> >
> > Those pages are a) slightly out of date, and b) specifically for the
> > latest ntp-dev code.
> >
> > The better place to look for version-specific documentation is:
> >
> >  http://doc.ntp.org
> 
> Using the search on <http://doc.ntp.org/> returns nothing about sntp command 
> line options?
>  {e.g. Match: Any, 4.2.6p5 , search for SNTP,
>    5 returns, none of value to the question asked by the OP.}

Can't help that, but I do know that the 4.2.6 sntp is way different from
the 4.2.7 version.

> I thought they were looking for 4.2.7 Dev docs?
> 
> The "NTP-Dev" link on that page links to
>  <http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/index.html>?

Happy to discuss this.  We can make changes.  Should the docs point to
public URLs?  If so, they should be for the appropriate version, right?

H


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