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 facil‐
ity.
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 16 sec‐
onds.
SEE ALSOwatchdog(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 September 2, 2006 BSD