NAME

       caffeinate - inhibit desktop idleness while a command runs

SYNOPSIS

       caffeinate COMMAND [ARGUMENT...]

DESCRIPTION

       Caffeinate  runs the given command and prevents the desktop becoming idle while it is run,
       hence stops screen savers or power-saving activating even if  the  machine  is  not  being
       used.

       It  is  usually  more convenient to use the fully-automatic caffeine(1); caffeinate may be
       useful when it is impractical or impossible to run a program in full-screen  mode,  or  to
       prevent  automatic  suspend kicking in during a long-running unattended command, such as a
       system update.

SEE ALSO

       caffeine(1), caffeine-indicator(1)

AUTHORS

       Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>

                                           January 2015                             CAFFEINATE(1)