wd_identify (8) Linux Manual Page
wd_identify – a simplified software watchdog daemon
Synopsis
wd_identify [-c filename|–config-file filename]
Description
This utility opens /dev/watchdog and gets the identification string from the watchdog which then is printed. The device is closed afterwards.
The wd_identify tool can only be used without causing a reboot if your kernel is compiled with the CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT option enabled.
Watchdog and/or wd_keepalive may have to be stopped to make sure that wd_identify can access the watchdog device.
Options
Available command line options are the following:
- -c config-file, –config-file config-file
- Use config-file as the configuration file instead of the default /etc/watchdog.conf.
Files
- /dev/watchdog
- The watchdog device.
See Also
- watchdog(8)