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/* -*- Mode: Text -*- */
AutoGen Definitions perlopt;

//#include copyright.def
#include autogen-version.def

prog-name	= 'ntptrace';
prog-title	= 'Trace peers of an NTP server';
package		= ntp;
#include	version.def
argument	= '[host]';

long-opts;
gnu-usage;

flag = {
    name    = numeric;
    value   = n;
    descrip = 'Print IP addresses instead of hostnames';
    doc     = <<- _EndOfDoc_
	Output hosts as dotted-quad numeric format rather than converting to
	the canonical host names.
	_EndOfDoc_;
};

flag = {
    name        = max-hosts;
    value       = m;
    arg-type    = number;
    arg-default = 99;
    descrip     = 'Maximum number of peers to trace';
};

flag = {
    name        = host;
    value       = r;
    arg-type    = string;
    arg-default = '127.0.0.1';
    descrip     = 'Single remote host';
};

doc-section	= {
  ds-type	= 'DESCRIPTION';
  ds-format	= 'texi';
  ds-text	= <<- _END_PROG_MDOC_DESCRIP
@code{ntptrace} is a perl script that uses the ntpq utility program to follow
the chain of NTP servers from a given host back to the primary time source. For
ntptrace to work properly, each of these servers must implement the NTP Control
and Monitoring Protocol specified in RFC 1305 and enable NTP Mode 6 packets.

If given no arguments, ntptrace starts with localhost. Here is an example of
the output from ntptrace:

@example
% ntptrace localhost: stratum 4, offset 0.0019529, synch distance 0.144135
server2ozo.com: stratum 2, offset 0.0124263, synch distance 0.115784 usndh.edu:
stratum 1, offset 0.0019298, synch distance 0.011993, refid 'WWVB'
@end example

On each line, the fields are (left to right): the host name, the host stratum,
the time offset between that host and the local host (as measured by
@code{ntptrace}; this is why it is not always zero for "localhost"), the host
synchronization distance, and (only for stratum-1 servers) the reference clock
ID. All times are given in seconds. Note that the stratum is the server hop
count to the primary source, while the synchronization distance is the
estimated error relative to the primary source. These terms are precisely
defined in RFC-1305.
	_END_PROG_MDOC_DESCRIP;
};