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APM
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (1)
Updated: 10 Jan 1996
Index NAME
apm - query Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS
SYNOPSIS
apm [ -vVmsS ] DESCRIPTION
apmreads
/proc/apmand presents the output in a human-readable format. Since primarilybattery status information is provided, this command is most useful onlaptops with a compliant APM BIOS.
apmalso allows the machine to be put into standby or suspend mode.
OPTIONS
- -V, --version
- Print theapmprogram version and exit immediately.
- -v, --verbose
- Print information about the APM BIOS version and Linux APM driver version.
- -m, --minutes
- Print total minutes remaining instead of using an hh:mm format.
- -s, --suspend
- Put the machine into suspend mode if possible.
- -S, --standby
- Put the machine into standby mode if possible.
BUGS
This program requires a post-1.3.57 kernel. This program will not workwith older kernels or with the APM patches, since the format for
/proc/apmhas changed radically.
FILES
/proc/apmlinux/drivers/char/apm_bios.c AUTHOR
This program was written by Rik Faith (faithAATTcs.unc.edu) and may be freelydistributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. There isABSOLUTELY NO WARANTY for this program.
SEE ALSO
xapm(1),
apmd(8)
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- BUGS
- FILES
- AUTHOR
- SEE ALSO
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