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File Formats                                             ntprc(4)



NAME
     ntprc - file to initialize perferences for NTP programs

DESCRIPTION
     The .ntprc file contains data  used  to  initialize  certain
     parameters for various NTP related programs. When these pro-
     grams are started, the current directory is searched for the
     existence  of  the  .ntprc file.  If found, the file is read
     and searched for a section header that specifies the program
     being  run.  If  such  a section is found, then the lines in
     that section are used to initialize the program. If  such  a
     section  is  not found and no other sections are found, then
     the whole file is used do the initialization.  If  the  file
     is not found in the current directory, the users home direc-
     tory is searched if found then it is processed as above.

     The .ntprc file is a text file, with  each  line  specifying
     the settings of a command line flag. The flags are indicated
     by the use of the flag's long name. Anything after the  long
     name  on the line is used to set the value of the flag if it
     takes a value. The same file is used  by  several  NTP  pro-
     grams,  so  to  separate which lines go with which programs,
     the file is split into sections. Each section is marked with
     the name of the corresponding program in all capital letters
     and inside square brackets.  Comments can be  given  in  the
     file  by  beginning the comment line with a "#" in the first
     column.

     The best way to set the lines in the file is to run the com-
     mand in question with all of the flags the way you want them
     and to give the --save-opts filename flag at the end to save
     the  parameters  to  a  file.  After  that,  simply edit the
     resulting file to remove the comments and  add  the  section
     header and then append the file to the .ntprc file.

EXAMPLES
     Example 1 A Sample .ntprc File

     A .ntprc file containing the following lines:

       [NTPQ]
       numeric
       command rv 0
       [NTPDC]
       peers


     will force the ntpq program to always  execute  the  "rv  0"
     command  and  print  the  results  with IP addresses and not
     hostname. It will also cause the ntpdc program to always run
     as if the --peers option was given.




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File Formats                                             ntprc(4)



FILES
     ~/.ntprc

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | service/network/ntp         |
    |_____________________________|______________________________|_
    | Interface Stability         | Uncommitted                 |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO
     ntpq(1M), ntpdc(1M), ntp-keygen(1M)






































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