Provided by: watchdog_5.15-2_amd64 
NAME
wd_identify - get watchdog driver identity
SYNOPSIS
wd_identify [-c filename|--config-file filename] [-v|--verbose]
DESCRIPTION
This utility opens /dev/watchdog and gets the identification string from the watchdog which then is
printed. The device is closed afterwards.
An exit code of zero indicates success in getting the driver identity, while a non-zero exit code
indicates an error (not configured in the config file, no device driver loaded, or driver failed to
respond to ioctl request).
The wd_identify tool can only be used without causing a reboot if your kernel is not compiled with the
CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT option enabled.
Note that the watchdog and/or wd_keepalive daemons 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.
-v, --verbose
Print more diagnostic messages. This covers parsing of the config file and also causes the program
to read-back the current watchdog time-out value (if successful in opening the device).
FILES
/dev/watchdog
The watchdog device.
SEE ALSO
watchdog.conf(5) watchdog(8)