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authorphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>1994-11-01 22:46:40 +0000
committerphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>1994-11-01 22:46:40 +0000
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The latest user-land changes from the author. I added a big warning to the
apm.4 man-page. I also hope the Makefiles make sense now. Submitted by: HOSOKAWA Tatsumi
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+.\" LP (Laptop Package)
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1994 by HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi <hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp>
+.\"
+.\" This software may be used, modified, copied, and distributed, in
+.\" both source and binary form provided that the above copyright and
+.\" these terms are retained. Under no circumstances is the author
+.\" responsible for the proper functioning of this software, nor does
+.\" the author assume any responsibility for damages incurred with its
+.\" use.
+.Dd November 1, 1994
+.Dt APM 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm apm, zzz
+.Nd control the APM BIOS and display its information
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm apm
+.Op Fl z
+.Op Fl b
+.Op Fl a
+.Op Fl l
+.Pp
+.Nm zzz
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm apm
+controls the Intel / Microsoft APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS and
+displays the current status of APM on laptop PCs.
+.Nm zzz
+suspends the system by controlling APM.
+.Pp
+The following options are available for
+.Nm apm
+(no options are available for
+.Nm zzz.
+)
+If no options are specified,
+.Nm apm
+displays information and current status of APM in verbose mode.
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl z
+Suspend the system. It is equivalent to
+.Nm zzz.
+.Pp
+.It Fl b
+Display an integer value reflecting the current battery status.
+The values 0, 1, 2, 3, correspond to the
+.Dq high
+status,
+.Dq low
+status,
+.Dq critical
+status,
+.Dq charging
+status respectively.
+.Pp
+.It Fl a
+Display the current AC-line status as an integer value. The values
+0 and 1 correspond to the
+.Dq off-line
+state and
+.Dq on-line
+state, respectively.
+.Pp
+.It Fl l
+Display the remaining battery percentage. If your laptop does not
+support this function, 255 is displayed.
+.Sh BUGS
+Some APM implementations do not support parameters needed by
+.Nm apm.
+On such systems,
+.Nm apm
+displays them as unknown.
+.Pp
+Some APM implementations cannot handle events such as pushing the
+power button or closing the cover. On such implementations, the system
+.Ar must
+be suspended
+.Ar only
+by using
+.Nm apm
+or
+.Nm zzz.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr apm 4 ,
+.Xr apmconf 8
+.Sh AUTHOR
+HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi <hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp> (Keio Univ., Japan)
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