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If the new copy validates, it is installed and 103 1.1 christos NTP is (optionally) restarted. 104 1.1.1.11 christos </p> 105 1.1.1.11 christos <p>If the current file is acceptable, no download or restart occurs. 106 1.1.1.11 christos </p> 107 1.1.1.11 christos <p>-c can also be used to invoke another script to perform administrative 108 1.1.1.11 christos functions, e.g. to copy the file to other local systems. 109 1.1 christos .PP 110 1.1 christos This can be run as a cron job. As the file is rarely updated, and leap 111 1.1 christos seconds are announced at least one month in advance (usually longer), it 112 1.1.1.11 christos need not be run more frequently than about once every three weeks. 113 1.1 christos .PP 114 1.1.1.11 christos For cron-friendly behavior, define CRONJOB=1 in the crontab. 115 1.1 christos .PP 116 1.1 christos This script depends on$REQUIREDCMDS 117 1.1.1.11 christos </p> 118 1.1.1.11 christos <p>This section was generated by <strong>AutoGen</strong>, 119 1.1 christos using the <code>agtexi-cmd</code> template and the option descriptions for the <code>update-leap</code> program. 120 1.1.1.11 christos </p> 121 1.1.1.11 christos <table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 122 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-usage" accesskey="1">update-leap usage</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">update-leap help/usage (<samp>--help</samp>) 123 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 124 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-source_002durl" accesskey="2">update-leap source-url</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">source-url option (-s) 125 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 126 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-ipv4" accesskey="3">update-leap ipv4</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">ipv4 option (-4) 127 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 128 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-destination" accesskey="4">update-leap destination</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">destination option (-d) 129 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 130 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-expiration" accesskey="5">update-leap expiration</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">expiration option (-e) 131 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 132 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-ntp_002dconf_002dfile" accesskey="6">update-leap ntp-conf-file</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">ntp-conf-file option (-f) 133 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 134 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-force_002dupdate" accesskey="7">update-leap force-update</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">force-update option (-F) 135 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 136 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-exit-status" accesskey="8">update-leap exit status</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">exit status 137 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 138 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-Usage" accesskey="9">update-leap Usage</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Usage 139 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 140 1.1.1.11 christos <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#update_002dleap-Authors">update-leap Authors</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Authors 141 1.1.1.11 christos </td></tr> 142 1.1.1.11 christos </table> 143 1.1.1.11 christos 144 1.1.1.11 christos <hr> 145 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-usage"></a> 146 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 147 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 148 1.1.1.11 christos Next: <a href="#update_002dleap-source_002durl" accesskey="n" rel="next">update-leap source-url</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 149 1.1.1.11 christos </div> 150 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-help_002fusage-_0028_002d_002dhelp_0029"></a> 151 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.1 update-leap help/usage (<samp>--help</samp>)</h4> 152 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="index-update_002dleap-help"></a> 153 1.1.1.11 christos 154 1.1.1.11 christos <p>This is the automatically generated usage text for update-leap. 155 1.1.1.11 christos </p> 156 1.1.1.11 christos <p>The text printed is the same whether selected with the <code>help</code> option 157 1.1.1.11 christos (<samp>--help</samp>) or the <code>more-help</code> option (<samp>--more-help</samp>). <code>more-help</code> will print 158 1.1.1.11 christos the usage text by passing it through a pager program. 159 1.1 christos <code>more-help</code> is disabled on platforms without a working 160 1.1 christos <code>fork(2)</code> function. The <code>PAGER</code> environment variable is 161 1.1.1.11 christos used to select the program, defaulting to <samp>more</samp>. Both will exit 162 1.1 christos with a status code of 0. 163 1.1.1.11 christos </p> 164 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="example"> 165 1.1.1.9 christos <pre class="example"> 166 1.1.1.11 christos 167 1.1.1.10 christos Usage: update-leap [options] 168 1.1.1.10 christos 169 1.1.1.10 christos Verifies and if necessary, updates leap-second definition file 170 1.1.1.10 christos 171 1.1.1.10 christos All arguments are optional: Default (or current value) shown: 172 1.1.1.10 christos -C Absolute path to CA Cert (see SSL/TLS Considerations) 173 1.1.1.10 christos -D Path to a CAdir (see SSL/TLS Considerations) 174 1.1.1.10 christos -e Specify how long (in days) before expiration the file is to be 175 1.1.1.10 christos refreshed. Note that larger values imply more frequent refreshes. 176 1.1.1.10 christos 60 177 1.1.1.10 christos -F Force update even if current file is OK and not close to expiring. 178 1.1.1.10 christos -f Absolute path ntp.conf file (default /etc/ntp.conf) 179 1.1.1.10 christos /etc/ntp.conf 180 1.1.1.10 christos -h show help 181 1.1.1.10 christos -i Specify number of minutes between retries 182 1.1.1.10 christos 10 183 1.1.1.10 christos -L Absolute path to leapfile on the local system 184 1.1.1.10 christos (overrides value in ntp.conf) 185 1.1.1.10 christos -l Specify the syslog(3) facility for logging 186 1.1.1.10 christos LOG_USER 187 1.1.1.10 christos -q Only report errors (cannot be used with -v) 188 1.1.1.10 christos -r Specify number of attempts to retrieve file 189 1.1.1.10 christos 6 190 1.1.1.10 christos -s Send output to syslog(3) - implied if STDOUT has no tty or redirected 191 1.1.1.10 christos -t Send output to terminal - implied if STDOUT attached to terminal 192 1.1.1.10 christos -u Specify the URL of the master copy to download 193 1.1.1.10 christos https://www.ietf.org/timezones/data/leap-seconds.list 194 1.1.1.10 christos -v Verbose - show debug messages (cannot be used with -q) 195 1.1.1.10 christos 196 1.1.1.10 christos The following options are not (yet) implemented in the perl version: 197 1.1.1.10 christos -4 Use only IPv4 198 1.1.1.10 christos -6 Use only IPv6 199 1.1.1.10 christos -c Command to restart NTP after installing a new file 200 1.1.1.10 christos <none> - ntpd checks file daily 201 1.1.1.10 christos -p 4|6 202 1.1.1.10 christos Prefer IPv4 or IPv6 (as specified) addresses, but use either 203 1.1.1.10 christos 204 1.1.1.10 christos update-leap will validate the file currently on the local system. 205 1.1.1.10 christos 206 1.1.1.10 christos Ordinarily, the leapfile is found using the 'leapfile' directive in 207 1.1.1.10 christos /etc/ntp.conf. However, an alternate location can be specified on the 208 1.1.1.10 christos command line with the -L flag. 209 1.1.1.10 christos 210 1.1.1.10 christos If the leapfile does not exist, is not valid, has expired, or is 211 1.1.1.10 christos expiring soon, a new copy will be downloaded. If the new copy is 212 1.1.1.10 christos valid, it is installed. 213 1.1.1.10 christos 214 1.1.1.10 christos If the current file is acceptable, no download or restart occurs. 215 1.1.1.10 christos 216 1.1.1.10 christos This can be run as a cron job. As the file is rarely updated, and 217 1.1.1.10 christos leap seconds are announced at least one month in advance (usually 218 1.1.1.10 christos longer), it need not be run more frequently than about once every 219 1.1.1.10 christos three weeks. 220 1.1.1.10 christos 221 1.1.1.10 christos SSL/TLS Considerations 222 1.1.1.10 christos ----------------------- 223 1.1.1.10 christos The perl modules can usually locate the CA certificate used to verify 224 1.1.1.10 christos the peer's identity. 225 1.1.1.10 christos 226 1.1.1.10 christos On BSDs, the default is typically the file /etc/ssl/certs.pem. On 227 1.1.1.10 christos Linux, the location is typically a path to a CAdir - a directory of 228 1.1.1.10 christos symlinks named according to a hash of the certificates' subject names. 229 1.1.1.10 christos 230 1.1.1.10 christos The -C or -D options are available to pass in a location if no CA cert 231 1.1.1.10 christos is found in the default location. 232 1.1.1.10 christos 233 1.1.1.10 christos External Dependencies 234 1.1.1.10 christos --------------------- 235 1.1.1.10 christos The following perl modules are required: 236 1.1.1.10 christos HTTP::Tiny - version >= 0.056 237 1.1.1.10 christos IO::Socket::SSL - version >= 1.56 238 1.1.1.10 christos NET::SSLeay - version >= 1.49 239 1.1.1.10 christos 240 1.1.1.10 christos Version: 1.004 241 1.1.1.11 christos </pre></div> 242 1.1 christos 243 1.1.1.11 christos <hr> 244 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-source_002durl"></a> 245 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 246 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 247 1.1.1.11 christos Next: <a href="#update_002dleap-ipv4" accesskey="n" rel="next">update-leap ipv4</a>, Previous: <a href="#update_002dleap-usage" accesskey="p" rel="prev">update-leap usage</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 248 1.1.1.11 christos </div> 249 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="source_002durl-option-_0028_002ds_0029"></a> 250 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.2 source-url option (-s)</h4> 251 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="index-update_002dleap_002dsource_002durl"></a> 252 1.1.1.11 christos 253 1.1.1.11 christos <p>This is the “the url of the master copy of the leapseconds file” option. 254 1.1.1.11 christos This option takes a string argument. 255 1.1 christos Specify the URL of the master copy to download 256 1.1 christos $LEAPSRC 257 1.1.1.11 christos </p><hr> 258 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-ipv4"></a> 259 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 260 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 261 1.1.1.11 christos Next: <a href="#update_002dleap-destination" accesskey="n" rel="next">update-leap destination</a>, Previous: <a href="#update_002dleap-source_002durl" accesskey="p" rel="prev">update-leap source-url</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 262 1.1.1.11 christos </div> 263 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="ipv4-option-_0028_002d4_0029"></a> 264 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.3 ipv4 option (-4)</h4> 265 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="index-update_002dleap_002dipv4"></a> 266 1.1.1.11 christos 267 1.1.1.11 christos <p>This is the “use only ipv4 addresses for dns name resolution” option. 268 1.1.1.11 christos </p> 269 1.1.1.11 christos <p>This option has some usage constraints. It: 270 1.1.1.11 christos </p><ul> 271 1.1.1.11 christos <li> must not appear in combination with any of the following options: 272 1.1.1.11 christos ipv6. 273 1.1.1.11 christos </li></ul> 274 1.1 christos 275 1.1.1.11 christos <p>Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line 276 1.1.1.11 christos to the IPv4 namespace. 277 1.1 christos _EndOfDoc_; 278 1.1 christos ; 279 1.1.1.11 christos </p> 280 1.1.1.11 christos <p>flag = 281 1.1 christos name = ipv6; 282 1.1 christos flags-cant = ipv4, prefer; 283 1.1 christos value = 6; 284 1.1.1.11 christos descrip = "Use only IPv6 addresses for DNS name resolution"; 285 1.1 christos doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ 286 1.1 christos Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line 287 1.1.1.11 christos to the IPv6 namespace. 288 1.1 christos _EndOfDoc_; 289 1.1 christos ; 290 1.1.1.11 christos </p> 291 1.1.1.11 christos <p>flag = 292 1.1 christos name = prefer; 293 1.1 christos flags-cant = ipv4, ipv6; 294 1.1 christos value = p; 295 1.1 christos arg-type = keyword; 296 1.1 christos keyword = 4, 6; 297 1.1.1.11 christos descrip = ’Prefer IPv4 or IPv6 (as specified) addresses, but use either’; 298 1.1 christos doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ 299 1.1.1.11 christos Prefer IPv4 or IPv6 (as specified) addresses, but use either. 300 1.1.1.11 christos </p><hr> 301 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-destination"></a> 302 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 303 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 304 1.1.1.11 christos Next: <a href="#update_002dleap-expiration" accesskey="n" rel="next">update-leap expiration</a>, Previous: <a href="#update_002dleap-ipv4" accesskey="p" rel="prev">update-leap ipv4</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 305 1.1.1.11 christos </div> 306 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="destination-option-_0028_002dd_0029"></a> 307 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.4 destination option (-d)</h4> 308 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="index-update_002dleap_002ddestination"></a> 309 1.1.1.11 christos 310 1.1.1.11 christos <p>This is the “filename on the local system” option. 311 1.1.1.11 christos This option takes a string argument <samp>float</samp>. 312 1.1.1.11 christos The name to use to store the leapfile on the local system. 313 1.1 christos $LEAPFILE 314 1.1.1.11 christos </p><hr> 315 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-expiration"></a> 316 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 317 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 318 1.1.1.11 christos Next: <a href="#update_002dleap-ntp_002dconf_002dfile" accesskey="n" rel="next">update-leap ntp-conf-file</a>, Previous: <a href="#update_002dleap-destination" accesskey="p" rel="prev">update-leap destination</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 319 1.1.1.11 christos </div> 320 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="expiration-option-_0028_002de_0029"></a> 321 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.5 expiration option (-e)</h4> 322 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="index-update_002dleap_002dexpiration"></a> 323 1.1 christos 324 1.1.1.11 christos <p>This is the “refresh the leapfile this long before it expires” option. 325 1.1.1.11 christos This option takes a string argument. 326 1.1 christos Specify how long before expiration the file is to be refreshed 327 1.1.1.11 christos Units are required, e.g. "-e 60 days" Note that larger values 328 1.1.1.11 christos imply more frequent refreshes. 329 1.1.1.11 christos "$PREFETCH" 330 1.1.1.11 christos </p><hr> 331 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-ntp_002dconf_002dfile"></a> 332 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 333 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 334 1.1.1.11 christos Next: <a href="#update_002dleap-force_002dupdate" accesskey="n" rel="next">update-leap force-update</a>, Previous: <a href="#update_002dleap-expiration" accesskey="p" rel="prev">update-leap expiration</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 335 1.1.1.11 christos </div> 336 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="ntp_002dconf_002dfile-option-_0028_002df_0029"></a> 337 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.6 ntp-conf-file option (-f)</h4> 338 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="index-update_002dleap_002dntp_002dconf_002dfile"></a> 339 1.1.1.11 christos 340 1.1.1.11 christos <p>This is the “location of the ntp.conf file” option. 341 1.1.1.11 christos This option takes a string argument. 342 1.1 christos Specify location of ntp.conf (used to make sure leapfile directive is 343 1.1 christos present and to default leapfile) 344 1.1 christos /etc/ntp.conf 345 1.1.1.11 christos </p><hr> 346 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-force_002dupdate"></a> 347 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 348 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 349 1.1.1.11 christos Next: <a href="#update_002dleap-exit-status" accesskey="n" rel="next">update-leap exit status</a>, Previous: <a href="#update_002dleap-ntp_002dconf_002dfile" accesskey="p" rel="prev">update-leap ntp-conf-file</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 350 1.1.1.11 christos </div> 351 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="force_002dupdate-option-_0028_002dF_0029"></a> 352 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.7 force-update option (-F)</h4> 353 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="index-update_002dleap_002dforce_002dupdate"></a> 354 1.1.1.11 christos 355 1.1.1.11 christos <p>This is the “force update of the leapfile” option. 356 1.1.1.11 christos Force update even if current file is OK and not close to expiring. 357 1.1.1.11 christos </p><hr> 358 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-exit-status"></a> 359 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 360 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 361 1.1.1.11 christos Next: <a href="#update_002dleap-Usage" accesskey="n" rel="next">update-leap Usage</a>, Previous: <a href="#update_002dleap-force_002dupdate" accesskey="p" rel="prev">update-leap force-update</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 362 1.1 christos </div> 363 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-exit-status-1"></a> 364 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.8 update-leap exit status</h4> 365 1.1 christos 366 1.1 christos <p>One of the following exit values will be returned: 367 1.1.1.11 christos </p><dl compact="compact"> 368 1.1.1.11 christos <dt>‘<samp>0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)</samp>’</dt> 369 1.1.1.11 christos <dd><p>Successful program execution. 370 1.1.1.11 christos </p></dd> 371 1.1.1.11 christos <dt>‘<samp>1 (EXIT_FAILURE)</samp>’</dt> 372 1.1.1.11 christos <dd><p>The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid. 373 1.1.1.11 christos </p></dd> 374 1.1 christos </dl> 375 1.1.1.11 christos <hr> 376 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-Usage"></a> 377 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 378 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 379 1.1.1.11 christos Next: <a href="#update_002dleap-Authors" accesskey="n" rel="next">update-leap Authors</a>, Previous: <a href="#update_002dleap-exit-status" accesskey="p" rel="prev">update-leap exit status</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 380 1.1.1.11 christos </div> 381 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-Usage-1"></a> 382 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.9 update-leap Usage</h4> 383 1.1.1.11 christos <hr> 384 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-Authors"></a> 385 1.1.1.11 christos <div class="header"> 386 1.1.1.11 christos <p> 387 1.1.1.11 christos Previous: <a href="#update_002dleap-Usage" accesskey="p" rel="prev">update-leap Usage</a>, Up: <a href="#update_002dleap-Invocation" accesskey="u" rel="up">update-leap Invocation</a> </p> 388 1.1.1.11 christos </div> 389 1.1.1.11 christos <a name="update_002dleap-Authors-1"></a> 390 1.1.1.11 christos <h4 class="subsection">1.10 update-leap Authors</h4> 391 1.1.1.11 christos <hr> 392 1.1 christos 393 1.1 christos 394 1.1 christos 395 1.1.1.11 christos </body> 396 1.1.1.11 christos </html> 397
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