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
HISTORY
The watchdog utility appeared in FreeBSD 5.1.
AUTHORS
The watchdog utility and manual page were written by Sean Kelly ⟨[email protected]⟩ and Poul-Henning Kamp ⟨[email protected]⟩.
Some contributions made by Jeff Roberson ⟨[email protected]⟩.