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WATCHDOG(8)		    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 fa-
       cility.

       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
       <smkelly@FreeBSD.org> and Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>.

       Some contributions made by Jeff Roberson	<jeff@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD	14.3		       October 18, 2014			   WATCHDOG(8)

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