man/systemd-inhibit.xml

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  24 <refentry id="systemd-inhibit"
  25           xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  26
  27         <refentryinfo>
  28                 <title>systemd-inhibit</title>
  29                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  30
  31                 <authorgroup>
  32                         <author>
  33                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  34                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  35                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  36                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  37                         </author>
  38                 </authorgroup>
  39         </refentryinfo>
  40
  41         <refmeta>
  42                 <refentrytitle>systemd-inhibit</refentrytitle>
  43                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  44         </refmeta>
  45
  46         <refnamediv>
  47                 <refname>systemd-inhibit</refname>
  48                 <refpurpose>Execute a program with an inhibition lock taken</refpurpose>
  49         </refnamediv>
  50
  51         <refsynopsisdiv>
  52                 <cmdsynopsis>
  53                         <command>systemd-inhibit <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg>COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">ARGUMENTS</arg></command>
  54                 </cmdsynopsis>
  55                 <cmdsynopsis>
  56                         <command>systemd-inhibit <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> --list</command>
  57                 </cmdsynopsis>
  58         </refsynopsisdiv>
  59
  60         <refsect1>
  61                 <title>Description</title>
  62
  63                 <para><command>systemd-inhibit</command> may be used
  64                 to execute a program with a shutdown, sleep or idle
  65                 inhibitor lock taken. The lock will be acquired before
  66                 the specified command line is executed and released
  67                 afterwards.</para>
  68
  69                 <para>Inhibitor locks may be used to block or delay
  70                 system sleep and shutdown requests from the user, as well
  71                 as automatic idle handling of the OS. This is useful
  72                 to avoid system suspends while an optical disc is
  73                 being recorded, or similar operations that should not
  74                 be interrupted.</para>
  75
  76                 <para>For more information see the <ulink
  77                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit">Inhibitor
  78                 Lock Developer Documentation</ulink>.</para>
  79         </refsect1>
  80
  81         <refsect1>
  82                 <title>Options</title>
  83
  84                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
  85
  86                 <variablelist>
  87                         <varlistentry>
  88                                 <term><option>--what=</option></term>
  89
  90                                 <listitem><para>Takes a colon-separated
  91                                 list of one or more
  92                                 operations to inhibit:
  93                                 <literal>shutdown</literal>,
  94                                 <literal>sleep</literal>,
  95                                 <literal>idle</literal>,
  96                                 <literal>handle-power-key</literal>,
  97                                 <literal>handle-suspend-key</literal>,
  98                                 <literal>handle-hibernate-key</literal>,
  99                                 <literal>handle-lid-switch</literal>,
 100                                 for inhibiting
 101                                 reboot/power-off/halt/kexec,
 102                                 suspending/hibernating, the automatic
 103                                 idle detection, or the low-level
 104                                 handling of the power/sleep key and
 105                                 the lid switch, respectively. If omitted,
 106                                 defaults to
 107                                 <literal>idle:sleep:shutdown</literal>.</para></listitem>
 108                         </varlistentry>
 109
 110                         <varlistentry>
 111                                 <term><option>--who=</option></term>
 112
 113                                 <listitem><para>Takes a short,
 114                                 human-readable descriptive string for the
 115                                 program taking the lock. If not passed,
 116                                 defaults to the command line
 117                                 string.</para></listitem>
 118                         </varlistentry>
 119
 120                         <varlistentry>
 121                                 <term><option>--why=</option></term>
 122
 123                                 <listitem><para>Takes a short,
 124                                 human-readable descriptive string for the
 125                                 reason for taking the lock. Defaults
 126                                 to "Unknown reason".</para></listitem>
 127                         </varlistentry>
 128
 129                         <varlistentry>
 130                                 <term><option>--mode=</option></term>
 131
 132                                 <listitem><para>Takes either
 133                                 <literal>block</literal> or
 134                                 <literal>delay</literal> and describes
 135                                 how the lock is applied. If
 136                                 <literal>block</literal> is used (the
 137                                 default), the lock prohibits any of
 138                                 the requested operations without time
 139                                 limit, and only privileged users may
 140                                 override it. If
 141                                 <literal>delay</literal> is used, the
 142                                 lock can only delay the requested
 143                                 operations for a limited time. If the
 144                                 time elapses, the lock is ignored and
 145                                 the operation executed. The time limit
 146                                 may be specified in
 147                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note
 148                                 that <literal>delay</literal> is only
 149                                 available for <literal>sleep</literal>
 150                                 and
 151                                 <literal>shutdown</literal>.</para></listitem>
 152                         </varlistentry>
 153
 154                         <varlistentry>
 155                                 <term><option>--list</option></term>
 156
 157                                 <listitem><para>Lists all active
 158                                 inhibition locks instead of acquiring
 159                                 one.</para></listitem>
 160                         </varlistentry>
 161
 162                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
 163                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
 164                 </variablelist>
 165
 166         </refsect1>
 167
 168         <refsect1>
 169                 <title>Exit status</title>
 170
 171                 <para>Returns the exit status of the executed program.</para>
 172         </refsect1>
 173
 174         <refsect1>
 175                 <title>Example</title>
 176
 177                 <programlisting># systemd-inhibit wodim foobar.iso</programlisting>
 178
 179                 <para>This burns the ISO image
 180                 <filename>foobar.iso</filename> on a CD using
 181                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wodim</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 182                 and inhibits system sleeping, shutdown and idle while
 183                 doing so.</para>
 184         </refsect1>
 185
 186         <refsect1>
 187                 <title>See Also</title>
 188                 <para>
 189                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 190                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 191                 </para>
 192         </refsect1>
 193
 194 </refentry>