ntpd applet

[Missae Sasaya]

Thanks, Denys, that will help a lot!

Missae

2010/8/9 Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>:
> On Monday 09 August 2010 19:31, Missae Sasaya wrote:
>> I am trying to use the ntpd applet in my application (Busybox 1.16),
>> but I am having a hard time getting documentation on how to use it.
>>
>> It seems the Busybox ntpd does not read from /etc/ntp.conf, right?
>> Then I looked for the option "-g". It does not appear in the help
>> message, but I tried anyway and it seems to work.
>>
>> Can someone tell me where to find the available options?
>
> They are documented in --help:
>
> # busybox ntpd --help
> BusyBox v1.18.0.git (2010-08-06 20:23:55 CEST) multi-call binary.
>
> Usage: ntpd [-dnqwl] [-S PROG] [-p PEER]...
>
> NTP client/server
>
> Options:
>        -d      Verbose
>        -n      Do not daemonize
>        -q      Quit after clock is set
>        -w      Do not set time (only query peers), implies -n
>        -l      Run as server on port 123
>        -S PROG Run PROG after stepping time, stratum change, and every 11 mins
>        -p PEER Obtain time from PEER (may be repeated)
>
>
> As you noticed, these are not all. -g is also accepted.
> Look at ntpd.c:
>
>        opts = getopt32(argv,
>                        "nqNx" /* compat */
>                        "wp:S:"IF_FEATURE_NTPD_SERVER("l") /* NOT compat */
>                        "d" /* compat */
>                        "46aAbgL", /* compat, ignored */
>
> -g and a few more are accepted but has no effect. That's why they are
> not documented: to not fool the user that they do anything.
>
> -N "nice myself"
>   is not documented because user can simply use nice to the same effect
>   (but -N does work)
>
> -x "disable stepping"
>   is not documented because it currently isn't working -
>   ntpd will step even with -x
>
> --
> vda
>
>
>



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