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1.\"	$NetBSD: ntptime.8,v 1.1 2010/08/28 15:42:45 kardel Exp $
2.\" Converted from HTML to mandoc by ntp-html2mdoc.pl
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4.Dd March 29, 2000
5.Dt NTPTIME 8
6.Os
7.Sh NAME
8.Nm ntptime
9.Nd read kernel time variables
10.Sh SYNOPSIS
11.Nm
12.Op Fl chr
13.Op Fl e Ar est_error
14.Op Fl f Ar frequency
15.Op Fl m Ar max_error
16.Op Fl o Ar offset
17.Op Fl s Ar status
18.Op Fl t Ar time_constant
19.Sh DESCRIPTION
20This program is useful only with special kernels described in the
21.%T "A Kernel Model for Precision Timekeeping"
22page in
23.Pa /usr/share/doc/html/ntp/kern.html .
24It reads and displays
25time-related kernel variables using the
26.Xr ntp_gettime 2
27system call.
28A similar display can be obtained using the
29.Nm ntpdc
30program and
31.Pa kerninfo
32command.
33.Sh OPTIONS
34.Bl -tag -width indent
35.It Fl c
36Display the execution time of
37.Nm
38itself.
39.It Fl e Ar est_error
40Specify estimated error, in microseconds.
41.It Fl f Ar frequency
42Specify frequency offset, in parts per million.
43.It Fl h
44Display times in Unix timeval format. Default is NTP format.
45.It Fl l
46Specify the leap bits as a code from 0 to 3.
47.It Fl m Ar max_error
48Display help information.
49.It Fl o Ar offset
50Specify clock offset, in microseconds.
51.It Fl r
52Display Unix and NTP times in raw format.
53.It Fl s Ar status
54Specify clock status. Better know what you are doing.
55.It Fl t Ar time_constant
56Specify time constant, an integer in the range 0-4.
57.El
58.Sh AUTHORS
59David L. Mills (mills@udel.edu)
60