1WD_IDENTIFY(8)              System Manager's Manual             WD_IDENTIFY(8)
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NAME

6       wd_identify - get watchdog driver identity
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SYNOPSIS

9       wd_identify [-c filename|--config-file filename] [-v|--verbose]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  utility  opens  /dev/watchdog  and gets the identification string
13       from the watchdog which then is printed. The device  is  closed  after‐
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16       An  exit code of zero indicates success in getting the driver identity,
17       while a non-zero exit code indicates an error (not  configured  in  the
18       config  file,  no  device driver loaded, or driver failed to respond to
19       ioctl request).
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21       The wd_identify tool can only be used without causing a reboot if  your
22       kernel   is  not  compiled  with  the  CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT  option
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25       Note that the watchdog and/or  wd_keepalive  daemons  may  have  to  be
26       stopped to make sure that wd_identify can access the watchdog device.
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OPTIONS

29       Available command line options are the following:
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31       -c config-file, --config-file config-file
32              Use config-file as the configuration file instead of the default
33              /etc/watchdog.conf.
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36              Print more diagnostic messages. This covers parsing of the  con‐
37              fig  file  and  also causes the program to read-back the current
38              watchdog time-out value (if successful in opening the device).
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FILES

41       /dev/watchdog
42              The watchdog device.
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SEE ALSO

45       watchdog.conf(5)
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