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26.Dd October 18, 2014
27.Dt WATCHDOG 8
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm watchdog
31.Nd watchdog control program
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Nm
34.Op Fl d
35.Op Fl t Ar timeout
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39utility can be used to control the kernel's watchdog facility.
40.Pp
41The
42.Fl d
43option
44enables debugging.
45.Pp
46The
47.Fl t Ar timeout
48option
49specifies the desired timeout period in seconds, a value of
50zero will disable the watchdog.
51The default timeout is 128 seconds.
52.Sh SEE ALSO
53.Xr watchdog 4 ,
54.Xr watchdogd 8 ,
55.Xr watchdog 9
56.Sh HISTORY
57The
58.Nm
59utility appeared in
60.Fx 5.1 .
61.Sh AUTHORS
62.An -nosplit
63The
64.Nm
65utility and manual page were written by
66.An Sean Kelly Aq Mt smkelly@FreeBSD.org
67and
68.An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq Mt phk@FreeBSD.org .
69.Pp
70Some contributions made by
71.An Jeff Roberson Aq Mt jeff@FreeBSD.org .
72