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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.8')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.8 b/usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.8 index 3de23c8..7f374f4 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.8 @@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ .Op Fl f file .Op Fl v .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Apmd +The +.Nm +utility monitors the occurrence of the specified Advanced Power Management .Pq Tn APM events and, if one of the events occurs, it executes the sequence of @@ -58,8 +60,9 @@ Therefore, if you wish action to be taken when these events occur, you need to explicitly configure the appropriate commands or built-in functions in the configuration file. .Pp -.Nm Apmd -recognizes the following runtime options: +The +.Nm +utility recognizes the following runtime options: .Bl -tag -width -f_file .It Fl d Starts in debug mode. This causes @@ -88,8 +91,9 @@ If the process receives a SIGHUP, it will reread its configuration file and notify the APM device driver of any changes to its configuration. .Pp -.Nm Apmd -uses the device +The +.Nm +utility uses the device .Pa /dev/apmctl to issue .Xr ioctl 2 @@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ complete the request just yet. .Pp The .Nm -daemon creates the file +utility creates the file .Pa /var/run/apmd.pid , and stores its process id there. @@ -202,15 +206,17 @@ The command list for the event should be enclosed by .Ql { and .Ql } . +The .Nm -uses +utility uses .Pa /bin/sh for double-quotation enclosed command execution, just as with .Xr system 3 . Each command is executed in order until the end of the list is reached or a command finishes with a non-zero status code. +The .Nm -will report any failed command's status code via +utility will report any failed command's status code via .Xr syslog 3 and will then reject the request event posted by the APM BIOS. .Ed @@ -292,5 +298,5 @@ and .Sh HISTORY The .Nm -command appeared in +utility appeared in .Fx 3.3 . |
