Thanks, Denys, that will help a lot! Missae
2010/8/9 Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]>: > On Monday 09 August 2010 19:31, Missae Sasaya wrote: >> I am trying to use the ntpd applet in my application (Busybox 1.16), >> but I am having a hard time getting documentation on how to use it. >> >> It seems the Busybox ntpd does not read from /etc/ntp.conf, right? >> Then I looked for the option "-g". It does not appear in the help >> message, but I tried anyway and it seems to work. >> >> Can someone tell me where to find the available options? > > They are documented in --help: > > # busybox ntpd --help > BusyBox v1.18.0.git (2010-08-06 20:23:55 CEST) multi-call binary. > > Usage: ntpd [-dnqwl] [-S PROG] [-p PEER]... > > NTP client/server > > Options: > -d Verbose > -n Do not daemonize > -q Quit after clock is set > -w Do not set time (only query peers), implies -n > -l Run as server on port 123 > -S PROG Run PROG after stepping time, stratum change, and every 11 mins > -p PEER Obtain time from PEER (may be repeated) > > > As you noticed, these are not all. -g is also accepted. > Look at ntpd.c: > > opts = getopt32(argv, > "nqNx" /* compat */ > "wp:S:"IF_FEATURE_NTPD_SERVER("l") /* NOT compat */ > "d" /* compat */ > "46aAbgL", /* compat, ignored */ > > -g and a few more are accepted but has no effect. That's why they are > not documented: to not fool the user that they do anything. > > -N "nice myself" > is not documented because user can simply use nice to the same effect > (but -N does work) > > -x "disable stepping" > is not documented because it currently isn't working - > ntpd will step even with -x > > -- > vda > > > -- Missae mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
