wd_identify (8) - Linux Manuals

wd_identify: a simplified software watchdog daemon

Command to display wd_identify manual in Linux: $ man 8 wd_identify

wd_identify - a simplified software watchdog daemon

wd_identify [-c filename|--config-file filename]

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.

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.