.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)