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<h1 class="settitle">calc_tickadj User's Manual</h1>
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<h2 class="unnumbered">calc_tickadj User's Manual</h2>
<p>This document describes the use of the NTP Project's <code>calc_tickadj</code> program.
This document applies to version 4.2.8p12 of <code>calc_tickadj</code>.
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<h3 class="section">Invoking calc_tickadj</h3>
<p><a name="index-calc_005ftickadj-1"></a><a name="index-Calculates-_0022optimal_0022-value-for-tick-given-ntp-drift-file_002e-2"></a>
The <code>calc_tickadj</code> script uses provided ntp drift file to generate optimal
tick value. Generally, ntpd can do better job if the drift value is the
smallest possible number.
<p>The example output of
<pre class="example"> $ ./calc_tickadj
81.699 (drift)
9999 usec; 9999779 nsec
$ cat /etc/ntp/drift
-23.159
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<p>means the following. If tick on that box is 10,000, by making the value 9999
we'll shift the box from its current drift of -23.159 to a drift of 81.699, and
in doing so we'll speed the clock up a little every second instead of slowing
the clock down a little.
<p>If 'tick' on that box is 10,000,000 then by setting it to 9999779 the drift
value will be somewhere around 0.0.
<p><code>calc_tickadj</code> tries to determine the the tick value by using
<code>tickadj</code> program from ntp package. If this doesn't work you can specify
current tick manually on command line.
<p>This section was generated by <strong>AutoGen</strong>,
using the <code>agtexi-cmd</code> template and the option descriptions for the <code>calc_tickadj</code> program.
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<li><a accesskey="1" href="#calc_005ftickadj-usage">calc_tickadj usage</a>: calc_tickadj help/usage (<span class="option">--help</span>)
<li><a accesskey="2" href="#calc_005ftickadj-drift_002dfile">calc_tickadj drift-file</a>: drift-file option (-d)
<li><a accesskey="3" href="#calc_005ftickadj-tick">calc_tickadj tick</a>: tick option (-t)
<li><a accesskey="4" href="#calc_005ftickadj-exit-status">calc_tickadj exit status</a>: exit status
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<h4 class="subsection">calc_tickadj help/usage (<span class="option">--help</span>)</h4>
<p><a name="index-calc_005ftickadj-help-3"></a>
This is the automatically generated usage text for calc_tickadj.
<p>The text printed is the same whether selected with the <code>help</code> option
(<span class="option">--help</span>) or the <code>more-help</code> option (<span class="option">--more-help</span>). <code>more-help</code> will print
the usage text by passing it through a pager program.
<code>more-help</code> is disabled on platforms without a working
<code>fork(2)</code> function. The <code>PAGER</code> environment variable is
used to select the program, defaulting to <span class="file">more</span>. Both will exit
with a status code of 0.
<pre class="example">calc_tickadj - Calculates "optimal" value for tick given ntp drift file. - Ver. 4.2.7p467
USAGE: calc_tickadj [ -<flag> [<val>] | --<name>[{=| }<val>] ]...
-d, --drift-file=str Ntp drift file to use
-t, --tick=num Tick value of this host
-?, --help Display usage information and exit
--more-help Pass the extended usage text through a pager
Options are specified by doubled hyphens and their name or by a single
hyphen and the flag character.
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<h4 class="subsection">drift-file option (-d)</h4>
<p><a name="index-calc_005ftickadj_002ddrift_002dfile-4"></a>
This is the “ntp drift file to use” option.
This option takes a string argument.
Use the specified drift file for calculations
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<h4 class="subsection">tick option (-t)</h4>
<p><a name="index-calc_005ftickadj_002dtick-5"></a>
This is the “tick value of this host” option.
This option takes a number argument.
The current tick which to adjustment will be calculated
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<h4 class="subsection">calc_tickadj exit status</h4>
<p>One of the following exit values will be returned:
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<dt><span class="samp">0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)</span><dd>Successful program execution.
<br><dt><span class="samp">1 (EXIT_FAILURE)</span><dd>The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
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