NAME
watchdog —
watchdog control program
SYNOPSIS
watchdog |
[-d] [-t
timeout] |
DESCRIPTION
Thewatchdog 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
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>.