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?
Those are explained on the "Monitoring Options" page, here: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/monopt.html You might try using the site map for the docs. It was recently added (I think) and is a lot of help. http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/sitemap.html -- Dennis Hilberg, Jr. timekeeper(at)dennishilberg(dot)com NTP Server Information: http://saturn.dennishilberg.com/ntp.php _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
