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watchdog – watchdog control program

SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION SEE ALSO HISTORY AUTHORS

watchdog [-d] [-t timeout]

The watchdog utility can be used to control the kernel's watchdog facility.

The -d option enables debugging.

The -t timeout option specifies the desired timeout period in seconds, a value of zero will disable the watchdog. The default timeout is 128 seconds.

The watchdog utility appeared in FreeBSD 5.1 .

The watchdog utility and manual page were written by Sean Kelly <Mt smkelly@FreeBSD.org> and Poul-Henning Kamp <Mt phk@FreeBSD.org>.

Some contributions made by Jeff Roberson <Mt jeff@FreeBSD.org>.