client: add sourcename command

Add a new command to print the original name of a source specified by
address. This could be useful in scripts to avoid having to run the
sources command with and without -N.
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Miroslav Lichvar
2019-12-05 13:25:10 +01:00
parent 50e5865c73
commit bfcd8ecc56
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@@ -761,6 +761,15 @@ Sources that stop responding will be replaced with newly resolved addresses
automatically after 8 polling intervals, but this command can still be useful
to replace them immediately and not wait until they are marked as unreachable.
[[sourcename]]*sourcename* _address_::
The *sourcename* command prints the original hostname or address that was
specified for an NTP source in the configuration file, or the *add* command.
This command is an alternative to the *-N* option, which can be useful in
scripts.
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Note that different NTP sources can share the same name, e.g. servers from a
pool.
=== Manual time input
[[manual]]