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author | phk <phk@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-11-01 22:46:40 +0000 |
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committer | phk <phk@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-11-01 22:46:40 +0000 |
commit | 78746675615710e5ad559354cce31bf7f7e3dba1 (patch) | |
tree | 9b7973e6dace2096f3258a313ca64dba0ee4c4ca /usr.sbin/apm/apm.8 | |
parent | dcf7506baaa555db6bb633aacabb8788461d51f5 (diff) | |
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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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diff --git a/usr.sbin/apm/apm.8 b/usr.sbin/apm/apm.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e975ac --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/apm/apm.8 @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +.\" 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) |