NAME

       apm - interface with the APM subsystem

SYNOPSIS

       apm [ -VvmMsSdin ]

DESCRIPTION

       This  command  requires  the  Advanced  Power  Management  subsystem.   If run without arguments it reads
       /proc/apm and presents the output in a human-readable format.

       Given a -S or -s option it requests that the machine be put into the  APM  standby  or  the  APM  suspend
       state, respectively.  For a brief description of these states, see apmd(8).

OPTIONS

       -V, --version
              Print the version of the program and exit.

       -v, --verbose
              Also  print  version  information  for  the  APM  subsystem.  The APM subsystem consists of power-
              management hardware, firmware usually referred to as the APM BIOS and a driver  in  the  operating
              system kernel.

       -m, --minutes
              Print  the  time  remaining as a number of minutes.  The default is to print the time remaining in
              "hours:minutes" format.

       -M, --monitor
              Continuously monitor and update the status information.  Assumes that the  standard  output  is  a
              terminal.

       -S, --standby
              Request that the machine be put into the APM standby state.

       -s, --suspend
              Request that the machine be put into the APM suspend state.

       -d, --debug
              Print APM status information in a format more useful for debugging.  Implies -v.

FILES

       /proc/apm

AUTHOR

       This program was written by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) and may be freely distributed under the terms of
       the  GNU  General  Public  License.   There  is  ABSOLUTELY  NO  WARRANTY  for this program.  The current
       maintainer is Avery Pennarun (apenwarr@worldvisions.ca).

SEE ALSO

       xapm(1), apmd(8).

                                                  January 2004                                            APM(1)