| .TH WD_IDENTIFY 8 "June 2010" |
| .UC 4 |
| .SH NAME |
| wd_identify \- a simplified software watchdog daemon |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B wd_identify |
| .RB [ \-c " \fIfilename\fR|" \-\-config\-file " \fIfilename\fR]" |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This utility opens |
| .IR /dev/watchdog |
| and gets the identification string from the watchdog which then is printed. The |
| device is closed afterwards. |
| .PP |
| The wd_identify tool can only be used without causing a reboot if your kernel |
| is compiled with the |
| .I CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT |
| option enabled. |
| .PP |
| Watchdog and/or wd_keepalive may have to be stopped to make sure that |
| wd_identify can access the watchdog device. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| Available command line options are the following: |
| .TP |
| .BR \-c " \fIconfig-file\fR, " \-\-config\-file " \fIconfig-file" |
| Use |
| .I config-file |
| as the configuration file instead of the default |
| .IR /etc/watchdog.conf . |
| .SH FILES |
| .TP |
| .I /dev/watchdog |
| The watchdog device. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR watchdog.conf (5) |
| .TP |
| .BR watchdog (8) |
