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@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ There is also a get function for getting the pretimeout:
Not all watchdog drivers will support a pretimeout.
+Get the number of seconds before reboot:
+
+Some watchdog drivers have the ability to report the remaining time
+before the system will reboot. The WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT is the ioctl
+that returns the number of seconds before reboot.
+
+ ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT, &timeleft);
+ printf("The timeout was is %d seconds\n", timeleft);
+
Environmental monitoring:
All watchdog drivers are required return more information about the system,