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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
41utility can be used to control the kernel's watchdog facility.
42.Pp
43The
44.Fl d
45enables debugging.
46.Pp
47The
48.Fl t Ar timeout
49specifies the desired timeout period in seconds, a value of
50zero will disable the watchdog.
51.Sh SEE ALSO
52.Xr watchdog 4 ,
53.Xr watchdogd 8 ,
54.Xr watchdog 9
55.Sh AUTHORS
56.An -nosplit
57The
58.Nm
59utility and manual page were written by
60.An Sean Kelly Aq smkelly@FreeBSD.org
61and
62.An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq phk@FreeBSD.org .
63.Pp
64Some contributions made by
65.An Jeff Roberson Aq jeff@FreeBSD.org .
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Nm
69utility appeared in
70.Fx 5.1 .
71