man/systemd-inhibit.xml

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