apmsleep Linux Commands
What is Linux apmsleep Command?
Explanation
apmsleep COMMAND:The apmsleep - go into suspend or standby mode and wake-up later.
Some computers, especially laptops, can wake-up from a low-power suspend to DRAM mode using the Real-time-clock (RTC) chip. Apmsleep can
be used to set the alarm time in the RTC and to go into suspend or standby mode. An interrupt from the RTC causes the computer to wake-up. The program detects this event, by waiting for a leap in the kernel time and terminates successfully. If no time leap occurs within one minute, or something goes wrong, the exit value will be non-zero.
The wake-up time can be specified in two formats:
- +hh:mm specifies a relative offset to the current time. The computer will suspend for exactly hh hours and mm minutes plus a few seconds to wake up. On some laptops, the timing is not completely accurate so it may be a few minutes (or more?) late.
-
hh:mm specifies absolute local time in 24-hour format. The time stored in the RTC is not important. You may change the time zone used, with
the TZ environment variable as usual. Daylight saving time is not obeyed in this version, but might be in a future release. WARNING: Do
not close cover of laptop after suspending the laptop with apmsleep. Most laptops overheat when running with closed cover.
Energy conservation with APM is little for a desktop. Turning of the screen will save 1/2, going into standby with drives turned off will save another 1/6th of the current.
SYNTAX:
apmsleep [-sSnwhVd] [--suspend] [--standby] [--noapm] [--wait] [--precise] [--help] [--version] [--debug] [+]hh:mm
DESCRIPTION:
There are four main operations that attr can perform:
Tag
Description
-V, --version
Print the apmsleep program version and exit immediately.
-s, --suspend
Put the machine into suspend mode if possible (default). On my
laptop, suspend mode turns off everything except the memory.
-S, --standby
Put the machine into standby mode if possible. On my laptop,
standby mode turns off screen, hard disk, and CPU.
-w, --wait
Wait indefinitely for the time leap.
-p, --precise
Wait for alarm time to match actual time. Do not wait for time
leap. This might be useful even without APM.
-n, --noapm
Do not call apm bios to suspend computer, just set the alarm
clock and wait for time leap indefinitely.
-d, --debug
Print some information about what is going on.
EXAMPLE:
- apmsleepapmsleep coomand produce the below output:
apmsleep: missing argument.
Usage:
apmsleep [+]hh:mm
Example:
apmsleep +1:15 will suspend for one hour and 15 minutes
apmsleep 8:00 will suspend until 8:00 am
Bugs: Daylight saving jumps are not taken into account.
Modem ring detection may trigger early wake-up.
Does not work with Suspend to Disk.
Bug reports to author Peter Englmaier <ppe@mpe.mpg.de>.
apmsleep [-sSnwhVd] [--suspend] [--standby] [--noapm] [--wait] [--precise] [--help] [--version] [--debug] [+]hh:mm
DESCRIPTION:
There are four main operations that attr can perform:
Tag
Description
-V, --version
Print the apmsleep program version and exit immediately.
-s, --suspend
Put the machine into suspend mode if possible (default). On my
laptop, suspend mode turns off everything except the memory.
-S, --standby
Put the machine into standby mode if possible. On my laptop,
standby mode turns off screen, hard disk, and CPU.
-w, --wait
Wait indefinitely for the time leap.
-p, --precise
Wait for alarm time to match actual time. Do not wait for time
leap. This might be useful even without APM.
-n, --noapm
Do not call apm bios to suspend computer, just set the alarm
clock and wait for time leap indefinitely.
-d, --debug
Print some information about what is going on.
EXAMPLE:
- apmsleepapmsleep coomand produce the below output:
apmsleep: missing argument.
Usage:
apmsleep [+]hh:mm
Example:
apmsleep +1:15 will suspend for one hour and 15 minutes
apmsleep 8:00 will suspend until 8:00 am
Bugs: Daylight saving jumps are not taken into account.
Modem ring detection may trigger early wake-up.
Does not work with Suspend to Disk.
Bug reports to author Peter Englmaier <ppe@mpe.mpg.de>.
| Tag | Description |
| -V, --version | Print the apmsleep program version and exit immediately. |
| -s, --suspend | Put the machine into suspend mode if possible (default). On my laptop, suspend mode turns off everything except the memory. |
| -S, --standby | Put the machine into standby mode if possible. On my laptop, standby mode turns off screen, hard disk, and CPU. |
| -w, --wait | Wait indefinitely for the time leap. |
| -p, --precise | Wait for alarm time to match actual time. Do not wait for time leap. This might be useful even without APM. |
| -n, --noapm | Do not call apm bios to suspend computer, just set the alarm clock and wait for time leap indefinitely. |
| -d, --debug | Print some information about what is going on. |
- apmsleepapmsleep coomand produce the below output:apmsleep: missing argument.
Usage:
apmsleep [+]hh:mm
Example:
apmsleep +1:15 will suspend for one hour and 15 minutes
apmsleep 8:00 will suspend until 8:00 am
Bugs: Daylight saving jumps are not taken into account.
Modem ring detection may trigger early wake-up.
Does not work with Suspend to Disk.
Bug reports to author Peter Englmaier <ppe@mpe.mpg.de>.
