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54*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="header"> 55*052d159aSCy Schubert<p> 56*052d159aSCy SchubertPrevious: <a href="dir.html#Top" accesskey="p" rel="prev">(dir)</a>, Up: <a href="dir.html#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">(dir)</a> </p> 572b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 58*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="Plot_005fsummary-User-Manual"></a> 59*052d159aSCy Schubert<h1 class="top">Plot_summary User Manual</h1> 602b15cb3dSCy Schubert 61*052d159aSCy Schubert<p>This document describes the use of the NTP Project’s <code>plot_summary</code> program. 62*052d159aSCy SchubertThis document applies to version 4.2.8p13 of <code>plot_summary</code>. 63*052d159aSCy Schubert</p> 64*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="SEC_Overview"></a> 65*052d159aSCy Schubert<h2 class="shortcontents-heading">Short Table of Contents</h2> 662b15cb3dSCy Schubert 672b15cb3dSCy Schubert<div class="shortcontents"> 68*052d159aSCy Schubert<ul class="no-bullet"> 69*052d159aSCy Schubert<li><a name="stoc-Invoking-plot_005fsummary" href="#toc-Invoking-plot_005fsummary">1 Invoking plot_summary</a></li> 702b15cb3dSCy Schubert</ul> 712b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 722b15cb3dSCy Schubert 732b15cb3dSCy Schubert 74*052d159aSCy Schubert<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 75*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• plot_summary Description:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Description 76*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 77*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-Invocation" accesskey="2">plot_summary Invocation</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Invoking plot_summary 78*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 79*052d159aSCy Schubert</table> 80*052d159aSCy Schubert 81*052d159aSCy Schubert<hr> 82*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-Invocation"></a> 83*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="header"> 84*052d159aSCy Schubert<p> 85*052d159aSCy SchubertUp: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> </p> 862b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 87*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="Invoking-plot_005fsummary"></a> 88*052d159aSCy Schubert<h2 class="chapter">1 Invoking plot_summary</h2> 89*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="index-plot_005fsummary"></a> 90*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="index-plot-statistics-generated-by-summary-script"></a> 912b15cb3dSCy Schubert 922b15cb3dSCy Schubert 932b15cb3dSCy Schubert<p>This section was generated by <strong>AutoGen</strong>, 942b15cb3dSCy Schubertusing the <code>agtexi-cmd</code> template and the option descriptions for the <code>plot_summary</code> program. 95*052d159aSCy Schubert</p> 96*052d159aSCy Schubert<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 97*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-usage" accesskey="1">plot_summary usage</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">plot_summary help/usage (<samp>--help</samp>) 98*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 99*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-directory" accesskey="2">plot_summary directory</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">directory option 100*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 101*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-identifier" accesskey="3">plot_summary identifier</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">identifier option 102*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 103*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-peer" accesskey="4">plot_summary peer</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">peer option 104*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 105*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-plot_002dterm" accesskey="5">plot_summary plot-term</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">plot-term option 106*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 107*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-output_002dfile" accesskey="6">plot_summary output-file</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">output-file option 108*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 109*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-exit-status" accesskey="7">plot_summary exit status</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">exit status 110*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 111*052d159aSCy Schubert</table> 1122b15cb3dSCy Schubert 113*052d159aSCy Schubert<hr> 114*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-usage"></a> 115*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="header"> 116*052d159aSCy Schubert<p> 117*052d159aSCy SchubertNext: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-directory" accesskey="n" rel="next">plot_summary directory</a>, Up: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">plot_summary Invocation</a> </p> 1182b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 119*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-help_002fusage-_0028_002d_002dhelp_0029"></a> 120*052d159aSCy Schubert<h3 class="section">1.1 plot_summary help/usage (<samp>--help</samp>)</h3> 121*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="index-plot_005fsummary-help"></a> 1222b15cb3dSCy Schubert 123*052d159aSCy Schubert<p>This is the automatically generated usage text for plot_summary. 124*052d159aSCy Schubert</p> 1252b15cb3dSCy Schubert<p>The text printed is the same whether selected with the <code>help</code> option 126*052d159aSCy Schubert(<samp>--help</samp>) or the <code>more-help</code> option (<samp>--more-help</samp>). <code>more-help</code> will print 1272b15cb3dSCy Schubertthe usage text by passing it through a pager program. 1282b15cb3dSCy Schubert<code>more-help</code> is disabled on platforms without a working 1292b15cb3dSCy Schubert<code>fork(2)</code> function. The <code>PAGER</code> environment variable is 130*052d159aSCy Schubertused to select the program, defaulting to <samp>more</samp>. Both will exit 1312b15cb3dSCy Schubertwith a status code of 0. 132*052d159aSCy Schubert</p> 133*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="example"> 134*052d159aSCy Schubert<pre class="example">plot_summary - plot statistics generated by summary script - Ver. 4.2.8p13 1352b15cb3dSCy SchubertUSAGE: plot_summary [ -<flag> [<val>] | --<name>[{=| }<val>] ]... 1362b15cb3dSCy Schubert 1372b15cb3dSCy Schubert --directory=str Where the summary files are 1382b15cb3dSCy Schubert --identifier=str Origin of the data 1392b15cb3dSCy Schubert --offset-limit=float Limit of absolute offset 1402b15cb3dSCy Schubert --peer=str Peers to generate plots for 1412b15cb3dSCy Schubert - may appear multiple times 1422b15cb3dSCy Schubert --plot-term=str Gnuplot terminal 1432b15cb3dSCy Schubert --output-file=str Output file 1442b15cb3dSCy Schubert --dont-wait Don't wait for keystroke between plots 1452b15cb3dSCy Schubert -?, --help Display usage information and exit 1462b15cb3dSCy Schubert --more-help Pass the extended usage text through a pager 1472b15cb3dSCy Schubert 1482b15cb3dSCy SchubertOptions are specified by doubled hyphens and their name or by a single 1492b15cb3dSCy Schuberthyphen and the flag character. 150*052d159aSCy Schubert</pre></div> 151*052d159aSCy Schubert 152*052d159aSCy Schubert<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 153*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-directory" accesskey="1">plot_summary directory</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> 154*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 155*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-identifier" accesskey="2">plot_summary identifier</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> 156*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 157*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-peer" accesskey="3">plot_summary peer</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> 158*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 159*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-plot_002dterm" accesskey="4">plot_summary plot-term</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> 160*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 161*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-output_002dfile" accesskey="5">plot_summary output-file</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> 162*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 163*052d159aSCy Schubert<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#plot_005fsummary-exit-status" accesskey="6">plot_summary exit status</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> 164*052d159aSCy Schubert</td></tr> 165*052d159aSCy Schubert</table> 166*052d159aSCy Schubert 167*052d159aSCy Schubert<hr> 168*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-directory"></a> 169*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="header"> 170*052d159aSCy Schubert<p> 171*052d159aSCy SchubertNext: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-identifier" accesskey="n" rel="next">plot_summary identifier</a>, Previous: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-usage" accesskey="p" rel="prev">plot_summary usage</a>, Up: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-usage" accesskey="u" rel="up">plot_summary usage</a> </p> 1722b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 173*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="directory-option"></a> 174*052d159aSCy Schubert<h4 class="subsection">1.1.1 directory option</h4> 175*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="index-plot_005fsummary_002ddirectory"></a> 1762b15cb3dSCy Schubert 177*052d159aSCy Schubert<p>This is the “where the summary files are” option. 1782b15cb3dSCy SchubertThis option takes a string argument. 1792b15cb3dSCy Schubert The directory where the <code>plot_summary</code> will search for the 1802b15cb3dSCy Schubert *_summary files generated by <code>summary</code> script. 181*052d159aSCy Schubert</p><hr> 182*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-identifier"></a> 183*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="header"> 184*052d159aSCy Schubert<p> 185*052d159aSCy SchubertNext: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-peer" accesskey="n" rel="next">plot_summary peer</a>, Previous: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-directory" accesskey="p" rel="prev">plot_summary directory</a>, Up: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-usage" accesskey="u" rel="up">plot_summary usage</a> </p> 1862b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 187*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="identifier-option"></a> 188*052d159aSCy Schubert<h4 class="subsection">1.1.2 identifier option</h4> 189*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="index-plot_005fsummary_002didentifier"></a> 1902b15cb3dSCy Schubert 191*052d159aSCy Schubert<p>This is the “origin of the data” option. 1922b15cb3dSCy SchubertThis option takes a string argument. 193*052d159aSCy Schubert Where does the plotted data come from, default to string "host" plus 1942b15cb3dSCy Schubert current hostname 195*052d159aSCy Schubert</p><hr> 196*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-peer"></a> 197*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="header"> 198*052d159aSCy Schubert<p> 199*052d159aSCy SchubertNext: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-plot_002dterm" accesskey="n" rel="next">plot_summary plot-term</a>, Previous: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-identifier" accesskey="p" rel="prev">plot_summary identifier</a>, Up: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-usage" accesskey="u" rel="up">plot_summary usage</a> </p> 2002b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 201*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="peer-option"></a> 202*052d159aSCy Schubert<h4 class="subsection">1.1.3 peer option</h4> 203*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="index-plot_005fsummary_002dpeer"></a> 2042b15cb3dSCy Schubert 205*052d159aSCy Schubert<p>This is the “peers to generate plots for” option. 2062b15cb3dSCy SchubertThis option takes a string argument. 207*052d159aSCy Schubert</p> 208*052d159aSCy Schubert<p>This option has some usage constraints. It: 209*052d159aSCy Schubert</p><ul> 2102b15cb3dSCy Schubert<li> may appear an unlimited number of times. 211*052d159aSCy Schubert</li></ul> 2122b15cb3dSCy Schubert 2132b15cb3dSCy Schubert<p>By default the peer_summary plots are not generated. Use this option to 2142b15cb3dSCy Schubert specify list of peers if you want to generate plots for them. 215*052d159aSCy Schubert</p><hr> 216*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-plot_002dterm"></a> 217*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="header"> 218*052d159aSCy Schubert<p> 219*052d159aSCy SchubertNext: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-output_002dfile" accesskey="n" rel="next">plot_summary output-file</a>, Previous: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-peer" accesskey="p" rel="prev">plot_summary peer</a>, Up: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-usage" accesskey="u" rel="up">plot_summary usage</a> </p> 2202b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 221*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_002dterm-option"></a> 222*052d159aSCy Schubert<h4 class="subsection">1.1.4 plot-term option</h4> 223*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="index-plot_005fsummary_002dplot_002dterm"></a> 2242b15cb3dSCy Schubert 225*052d159aSCy Schubert<p>This is the “gnuplot terminal” option. 2262b15cb3dSCy SchubertThis option takes a string argument. 2272b15cb3dSCy Schubert This is string is passed directly to the <code>gnuplot set terminal</code> 2282b15cb3dSCy Schubert command. Default is <code>x11</code> if <code>DISPLAY</code> is set and 229*052d159aSCy Schubert <code>dumb</code> is it’s not’. See output from (gnuplot -e "set 230*052d159aSCy Schubert terminal") for the list of available options. 231*052d159aSCy Schubert</p><hr> 232*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-output_002dfile"></a> 233*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="header"> 234*052d159aSCy Schubert<p> 235*052d159aSCy SchubertNext: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-exit-status" accesskey="n" rel="next">plot_summary exit status</a>, Previous: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-plot_002dterm" accesskey="p" rel="prev">plot_summary plot-term</a>, Up: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-usage" accesskey="u" rel="up">plot_summary usage</a> </p> 2362b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 237*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="output_002dfile-option"></a> 238*052d159aSCy Schubert<h4 class="subsection">1.1.5 output-file option</h4> 239*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="index-plot_005fsummary_002doutput_002dfile"></a> 2402b15cb3dSCy Schubert 241*052d159aSCy Schubert<p>This is the “output file” option. 2422b15cb3dSCy SchubertThis option takes a str argument. 2432b15cb3dSCy Schubert Output file for <code>gnuplot</code>, default to stdout. 244*052d159aSCy Schubert</p><hr> 245*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-exit-status"></a> 246*052d159aSCy Schubert<div class="header"> 247*052d159aSCy Schubert<p> 248*052d159aSCy SchubertPrevious: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-output_002dfile" accesskey="p" rel="prev">plot_summary output-file</a>, Up: <a href="#plot_005fsummary-usage" accesskey="u" rel="up">plot_summary usage</a> </p> 2492b15cb3dSCy Schubert</div> 250*052d159aSCy Schubert<a name="plot_005fsummary-exit-status-1"></a> 251*052d159aSCy Schubert<h4 class="subsection">1.1.6 plot_summary exit status</h4> 2522b15cb3dSCy Schubert 2532b15cb3dSCy Schubert<p>One of the following exit values will be returned: 254*052d159aSCy Schubert</p><dl compact="compact"> 255*052d159aSCy Schubert<dt>‘<samp>0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)</samp>’</dt> 256*052d159aSCy Schubert<dd><p>Successful program execution. 257*052d159aSCy Schubert</p></dd> 258*052d159aSCy Schubert<dt>‘<samp>1 (EXIT_FAILURE)</samp>’</dt> 259*052d159aSCy Schubert<dd><p>The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid. 260*052d159aSCy Schubert</p></dd> 2612b15cb3dSCy Schubert</dl> 262*052d159aSCy Schubert<hr> 2632b15cb3dSCy Schubert 2642b15cb3dSCy Schubert 265*052d159aSCy Schubert 266*052d159aSCy Schubert</body> 267*052d159aSCy Schubert</html> 268