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1abb0f93cSkardelREADME file for directory ./scripts of the NTP Version 4 distribution
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3abb0f93cSkardelThis directory contains shell and perl script files for the configuration,
4abb0f93cSkardelmonitoring and support of NTP installations. See the README and RELNOTES
5abb0f93cSkardelfiles in the parent directory for directions on how to use these files.
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7abb0f93cSkardelcalc_tickadj	Calculates "optimal" value for tick given ntp.drift file
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9abb0f93cSkardelmonitoring      directory containing perl scripts useful for monitoring
10abb0f93cSkardel                operations
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12*8585484eSchristosrc		start/stop scripts for NTP
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14abb0f93cSkardelntp-wait	Blocks until ntpd is in state 4 (synchronized).
15*8585484eSchristos		Useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence
16abb0f93cSkardel		until after "ntpd -g" has set the time.
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18abb0f93cSkardelntpsweep	prints per host given in <file> the NTP stratum level, the
19abb0f93cSkardel		clock offset in seconds, the daemon version, the operating
20abb0f93cSkardel		system and the processor.
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22*8585484eSchristosntptrace        Trace ntp peers of a server up to stratum 1.
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24abb0f93cSkardelstats		directory containing awk and shell scripts useful for
25abb0f93cSkardel		maintaining statistics summaries of clockstats, loopstats
26abb0f93cSkardel		and peerstats files
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28*8585484eSchristossummary         Generate summary files out of stat files produced by NTP
29*8585484eSchristos                daemon.
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31*8585484eSchristosplot_summary    Plot summaries generated by summary script.
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