acpi_listen - ACPI event listener

Authors

       Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)
       Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>
       Luca Capello <luca@pca.it>

                                                    Nov 2003                                      acpi_listen(8)

Bugs

       There are no known bugs.  To file bug reports, see AUTHORS below.

Description

acpid  is the system-wide ACPI event catcher.  acpi_listen is a simple shell-friendly tool which connects
       to acpid and listens for events.  When an event occurs, acpi_listen will print it on stdout.

Files

/var/run/acpid.socket

Name

       acpi_listen - ACPI event listener

Options

-c, --countevents
              Receive up to a maximum number of ACPI events, then exit.

       -s, --socketfilefilename
              This option  changes  the  name  of  the  UNIX  domain  socket  which  acpid  opens.   Default  is
              /var/run/acpid.socket.

       -t, --timeseconds
              Listen for the specified time in seconds, before exiting.

       -v, --version
              Print version information and exit.

       -h, --help
              Show help and exit.