APM(1) APM(1)
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 usu-
ally 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 debug-
ging. Implies -v.
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 main-
tainer is Avery Pennarun (apenwarr@worldvisions.ca).
SEE ALSO
xapm(1), apmd(8).
January 2004 APM(1)
