"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? _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
