NAME

watchdog — watchdog control program

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

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.

SEE ALSO

watchdog(4), watchdogd(8), watchdog(9)

HISTORY

The watchdog utility appeared in FreeBSD 5.1.

AUTHORS

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

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