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.Dd November 9, 2018
.Dt WATCHDOGD 8
.Os "Darwin"
.Sh NAME
.Nm watchdogd
.Nd watchdog daemon
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm watchdogd
ensures that the system is healthy and able to make forward progress throughout the system lifecycle.
.br
If
.Nm
or the Watchdog KEXT determine that the system is unhealthy they will attempt to take corrective action and ultimately may panic the system to get it back to a usable state.
.Pp
This command is not intended to be invoked directly.