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| author |   Menno Duursma <druiloor@zonnet.nl> | 2010-09-17 04:49:28 -0400 |
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| committer |   Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-09-21 22:09:38 -0500 |
| commit | b0e9330a8bb8a7808a0459096ea0653a0f201d7c (patch) | |
| tree | b408b39b97b532e43036c0bb123e8ecb637ff99d /system/watchdog/slack-desc | |
| parent | f521bebc4ceb289fb95e940cdff0338969b2456d (diff) | |
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system/watchdog: Added (Linux watchdog timer daemon)
Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/watchdog/slack-desc b/system/watchdog/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1a7557f1d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/watchdog/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler-----------------------------------------------------| +watchdog: watchdog (Linux watchdog timer daemon) +watchdog: +watchdog: This service periodically writes to /dev/watchdog - in the event +watchdog: of it _not_ being able to do so; Linux may reset the system. +watchdog: +watchdog: It can be configured to try and fix things (such as networking) +watchdog: before going about triggering reboot. +watchdog: +watchdog: The watchdog was written and is maintained by Michael Meskes +watchdog: (based on example code by Alan Cox). +watchdog: |