Package: watchdog (5.9-1)

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A software watchdog

The watchdog program writes to /dev/watchdog every ten seconds. If the device is opened but not written to within a minute, the machine will reboot. This feature is available when the kernel is built with 'software watchdog' support (standard in Debian kernels).

The ability to reboot will depend on the state of the machine and interrupts.

Tags: User Interface: Daemon, Role: Program, Purpose: Monitoring

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Architecture	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
amd64	81.8 kB	308.0 kB	[list of files]
armel	77.5 kB	296.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	77.1 kB	300.0 kB	[list of files]
ia64	100.6 kB	688.0 kB	[list of files]
mips	81.5 kB	320.0 kB	[list of files]
mipsel	82.0 kB	324.0 kB	[list of files]
powerpc	81.4 kB	308.0 kB	[list of files]
s390	81.2 kB	304.0 kB	[list of files]
sparc	79.7 kB	300.0 kB	[list of files]