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
−V, −−version
Print the version of the program and exit.
−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.
−m, −−minutes
Print the time remaining as a number of minutes. The default is to print the time remaining in "hours:minutes" format.
−M, −−monitor
Continuously monitor and update the status information. Assumes that the standard output is a terminal.
−S, −−standby
Request that the machine be put into the APM standby state.
−s, −−suspend
Request that the machine be put into the APM suspend state.
−d, −−debug
Print APM status information in a format more useful for debugging. Implies −v.
FILES
/proc/apm
AUTHOR
This program was written by Rik Faith (faith [AT] cs.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 [AT] worldvisions.ca).