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watchdog(8)                 System Manager's Manual                watchdog(8)

NAME
     watchdog -- Mac OS X Server service monitoring daemon

HISTORY
     watchdog was a process that launched, monitored, and relaunched critical services when they terminated.
     This capability has been superseded by launchd(8).

     watchdog was also indirectly responsible for rebooting the server hardware if the machine hung. This
     capability is now provided by watchdogtimerd(8).

SEE ALSO
     launchd(8), watchdogtimerd(8)

Mac OS X Server                  April 6, 2005                 Mac OS X Server