"Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >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. Thanks. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
