Hello, I have a C program that needs to evaluate the system (where it runs) clock synchronization status on a regular interval(every ~60s). On the same system there is a ntpd running, that synchronized to other ntp servers.
I can write a simple bash script that does this (saving to an intermediate file, then read by the C program), or I can implement a minimized ntp client that probes the local server. But I was hoping that there would be a simple api (library?) that would allow me to do this, without having to interface with the ntpd via a socket call or by calling an external program from the C program. The information that I'm looking for is * Is the server synchronized to any server, i.e. the presence of '*' for any of the servers. If there is a server that is '*' * What is the delay associated with that server? * What is the offset associated with that server? I've looked around to find some API/library that provides this, but obviously I have not found it. I might be going about this in a completely incorrect way, if so, please enlighten me. BR/Patrik _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
