.TH acpi_listen 8 "Nov 2003"

.\" Portions Copyright (c) 2003 Sun Microsystems

.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Tim Hockin (thockin@hockin.org)

.\" Some parts (C) 2003 - Gismo / Luca Capello <luca.pca.it> http://luca.pca.it

.SH NAME

acpi_listen \- ACPI event listener

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBacpi_listen\fP [\fIoptions\fP]

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fBacpid\fP is the system-wide ACPI event catcher.  \fBacpi_listen\fP 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.

.SH OPTIONS

.TP

.BI \-c "\fR, \fP" \--count " events"

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

.TP

.BI \-s "\fR, \fP" \--socketfile " filename"

This option changes the name of the UNIX domain socket which \fBacpid\fP opens.

Default is \fI/var/run/acpid.socket\fP.

.TP

.BI \-t "\fR, \fP" \--time " seconds"

Listen for the specified time in seconds, before exiting.

.TP

.BI \-v "\fR, \fP" \--version

Print version information and exit.

.TP

.BI \-h "\fR, \fP" \--help

Show help and exit.

.SH FILES

.PD 0

.B /var/run/acpid.socket

.PD

.SH BUGS

There are no known bugs.  To file bug reports, see \fBAUTHORS\fP below.

.SH SEE ALSO

acpid(8)

.SH AUTHORS

Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)

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Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>

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Luca Capello <luca@pca.it>

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