.TH ntpstat 1 "$Date: 2001/06/22 03:27:10 $"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
ntpstat \- show network time synchronisation status
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ntpstat
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I ntpstat
will report the synchronisation state of the NTP daemon
running on the local machine.  If the local system is found to be 
synchronised to a reference time source,  
.I ntpstat
will report the approximate time accuracy.

.SH RETURNS
.I ntpstat
returns 0 if clock is synchronised.
.I ntpstat
returns 1 if clock is not synchronised.
.I ntpstat
returns 2 if clock state is indeterminant, for example
if ntpd is not contactable.

.SH SEE ALSO
ntpdc, ntpdq

.SH AUTHOR
G. Richard Keech (rkeech@redhat.com)