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apm - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
apm - interface with the APM subsystem
SYNOPSIS
apm [ -VvmMsSdin ] DESCRIPTION
This command requires the Advanced Power Management subsystem.
If run without arguments it reads
/proc/apm and presents the output in a human-readable format.
Given a
-S or
-s option it requests that the machine be put into the APM standby
or the APM suspend state, respectively.
For a brief description of these states, see
apmd(8).
OPTIONS
Tag | Description |
-V, --version | |
Print the version of the program and exit.
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-v, --verbose | |
Also print version information for the APM subsystem.
The APM subsystem consists of power-management hardware,
firmware usually referred to as the APM BIOS
and a driver in the operating system kernel.
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-m, --minutes | |
Print the time remaining as a number of minutes.
The default is to print the time remaining in "hours:minutes" format.
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-M, --monitor | |
Continuously monitor and update the status information.
Assumes that the standard output is a terminal.
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-S, --standby | |
Request that the machine be put into the APM standby state.
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-s, --suspend | |
Request that the machine be put into the APM suspend state.
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-d, --debug | |
Print APM status information in a format more useful for debugging.
Implies -v.
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FILES
/proc/apm AUTHOR
This program was written by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) and may be freely
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. There is
ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for this program. The current maintainer is Avery
Pennarun (apenwarr@worldvisions.ca).
SEE ALSO
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