WATCHDOG(8) FreeBSD 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
<
[email protected]> and Poul-Henning Kamp <
[email protected]>.
Some contributions made by Jeff Roberson <
[email protected]>.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 October 18, 2014 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8