Unruh wrote: > "Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>Unruh wrote: >> >>>"Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Unruh wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Where is there ntp documentation? For example I wanted to have ntp write >>>>>out the statistics on its peers etc. I looked everywhere-- man page of >>>>>ntp, ntp.conf, etc, and finally discovered by looking at the source that >>>>>there seem to be a huge bunch of undocumented options. >>>>>Or are they documented somewhere in that filing cabinette down some broken >>>>>steps in a flooded basement, behind a door labeled "Beware of Tigers" >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>You'll find the secret staircase at ntp.org. The humidity may be a >>>>little high in the basement but it's not actually wet. ;-) >>> >>> >>>>This snippet from my ntp.conf might help: >>> >>> >>>>logfile /var/ntp/ntp.log >>>>statsdir /var/ntp/ntpstats/ >>>>statistics peerstats clockstats >>>>filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable >>>>filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable >>> >>> >>>But where did you find those options? for example I finally did >>>statistics peerstats >>>and the system set up a daily and total couple of files in /var/log/ntp ( >>>my statsdir) >>>What does filegen do and mean? Do I need it? I should have some docs where >>>I can easily find that. Does it exist? >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >>filegen creates a new file daily or weekly or monthly. . . . >>These files can eat many megabytes of disk space if you let them. If >>you're not prepared to analyze and summarize all the data, do yourself a >>favor and skip creating the files. The tools to do so are included in >>the ntpd distribution but you do have to find them, and use them and >>then clean up the obsolete files. . . . > > > > OK, I guess daily is the default if you just use the > statistics peerstats > But the key question is where in the world is the documentation for all of > this? > > >
Same place as the rest of the doc. Have you looked in the "html" directory?? The stuff will display in your browser if you use the FILE://... syntax. The HTML is formatted so as to be almost as readable as plain text if you open it in an editor. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
