README file for directory ./scripts of the NTP Version 4 distribution This directory contains shell and perl script files for the configuration, monitoring and support of NTP installations. See the README and RELNOTES files in the parent directory for directions on how to use these files. calc_tickadj Calculates "optimal" value for tick given ntp.drift file freq_adj Calculates and optionally sets the clock frequency based on ntp.drift . For FreeBSD systems. mkver.in script to create new version numbers for all sources monitoring directory containing perl scripts useful for monitoring operations rc1 start/stop scripts for NTP rc2 start/stop script for NTP ntp-close find public stratum 2 servers that don't respond ntp-groper script useful for reaching out and rattling the cages of NTP peers to see if animals are inside the bars ntp-restart script useful for killing and restarting the NTP daemon ntp-wait Blocks until ntpd is in state 4 (synchronized). Hopefully useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence until after "ntpd -g" has set the time. ntpsweep prints per host given in the NTP stratum level, the clock offset in seconds, the daemon version, the operating system and the processor. ntpver What version of the NTP daemon is running? stats directory containing awk and shell scripts useful for maintaining statistics summaries of clockstats, loopstats and peerstats files support directory containing shell and perl scripts useful for configuration and monitoring of NTP subnets