freebsd man page for watchdog

Query: watchdog

OS: freebsd

Section: 8

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WATCHDOG(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					       WATCHDOG(8)

NAME
watchdog -- watchdog control program
SYNOPSIS
watchdog [-d] [-t timeout]
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>.
BSD
October 18, 2014 BSD
Related Man Pages
wdctl(8) - centos
wd_keepalive(8) - debian
watchdog(9) - debian
swwdog(4) - netbsd
wbwd(4) - freebsd
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