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libmsntp 1.6a http://snarfed.org/libmsntp

Copyright 2005 Ryan Barrett [email protected] Copyright 1996-2000 N.M. Maclaren [email protected]

OVERVIEW

libmsntp is a full-featured, compact, portable SNTP library. SNTP (RFC 2030) is a simplified version of NTP (RFC 1305), which allows precise synchronization of system clocks over a best-effort network. libmsntp provides SNTP client and server functionality in a shared library with a simple API.

libmsntp is implemented as a thin layer on top of msntp, N.M. Maclaren's command-line SNTP utility. msntp is compact, straightforward, and elegant, and I'm indebted to Nick, and to the Cambridge High Performance Computing Facility, for providing the msntp source to the public.

For more information on msntp, see README.msntp or visit:

http://www.hpcf.cam.ac.uk/export/

BUILDING

To build, open Makefile and uncomment the options for your particular platform. Then, just type make. If make isn't GNU make, you may need to use gmake instead. See README.msntp for detailed information.

INSTALLING

To install, type "make install". You may need to be the superuser. libmsntp installs into /usr/local by default; to install to a different location, edit the Makefile and change the PREFIX variable.

USING

To use, simply build and install libmsntp, #include <libmsntp.h> in your code, and pass the -lmsntp flag to gcc. For more information, see libmsntp.h. Also, example.c is a simple command-line tool that demonstrates how to use libmsntp. You can build it with "make example".

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

libmsntp is distributed under the GPL. See the LICENSE file for more information. Copyright 2005 Ryan Barrett, 1996-2000 N.M. Maclaren.