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ON_AC_POWER

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 9 March 2002
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NAME

on_ac_power - test whether computer is running on AC power  

SYNOPSIS

on_ac_power  

DESCRIPTION

on_ac_power checks whether the system is running on AC power (i.e., mains power) as opposed to battery power.  

OPTIONS

None.  

EXIT STATUS

0 (true)        System is on mains power
1 (false)       System is not on mains power
255 (false)     Power status could not be determined

 

FILES

/proc/apm         APM status information file

/proc/acpi        ACPI status information directory

 

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Steve Dodd <steved@loth.demon.co.uk> and was updated by Thomas Hood.

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Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

EXIT STATUS

FILES

AUTHOR

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