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28.Dd September 2, 2006
28.Dd February 28, 2004
29.Dt WATCHDOG 8
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm watchdog
33.Nd watchdog control program
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Fl d
37.Op Fl t Ar timeout
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
29.Dt WATCHDOG 8
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm watchdog
33.Nd watchdog control program
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Fl d
37.Op Fl t Ar timeout
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41utility can be used to control the kernel's watchdog facility.
41utility can be used to control the kernels watchdog facility.
42.Pp
43The
42.Pp
43The
44.Fl d
45option
46enables debugging.
47.Pp
48The
49.Fl t Ar timeout
44.Fl t Ar timeout
50option
51specifies the desired timeout period in seconds, a value of
52zero will disable the watchdog.
45specifies the desired timeout period in seconds, a value of
46zero will disable the watchdog.
53The default timeout is 16 seconds.
54.Sh SEE ALSO
47.Sh SEE ALSO
55.Xr watchdog 4 ,
56.Xr watchdogd 8 ,
48.Xr watchdogd 8 ,
57.Xr watchdog 9
58.Sh HISTORY
59The
60.Nm
61utility appeared in
62.Fx 5.1 .
49.Xr watchdog 4 ,
50.Xr watchdog 9 ,
63.Sh AUTHORS
64.An -nosplit
65The
66.Nm
67utility and manual page were written by
68.An Sean Kelly Aq smkelly@FreeBSD.org
69and
51.Sh AUTHORS
52.An -nosplit
53The
54.Nm
55utility and manual page were written by
56.An Sean Kelly Aq smkelly@FreeBSD.org
57and
70.An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq phk@FreeBSD.org .
58.An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq phk@FreeBSD.org
71.Pp
72Some contributions made by
73.An Jeff Roberson Aq jeff@FreeBSD.org .
59.Pp
60Some contributions made by
61.An Jeff Roberson Aq jeff@FreeBSD.org .
62.Sh HISTORY
63The
64.Nm
65utility appeared in
66.Fx 5.1 .