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8
9 <refentryinfo>
10 <title>systemd-inhibit</title>
11 <productname>systemd</productname>
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12 </refentryinfo>
13
14 <refmeta>
15 <refentrytitle>systemd-inhibit</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
17 </refmeta>
18
19 <refnamediv>
20 <refname>systemd-inhibit</refname>
21 <refpurpose>Execute a program with an inhibition lock taken</refpurpose>
22 </refnamediv>
23
24 <refsynopsisdiv>
25 <cmdsynopsis>
26 <command>systemd-inhibit <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg>COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">ARGUMENTS</arg></command>
27 </cmdsynopsis>
28 <cmdsynopsis>
29 <command>systemd-inhibit <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> --list</command>
30 </cmdsynopsis>
31 </refsynopsisdiv>
32
33 <refsect1>
34 <title>Description</title>
35
36 <para><command>systemd-inhibit</command> may be used to execute a
05b2a8fd 37 program with a shutdown, sleep, or idle inhibitor lock taken. The
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38 lock will be acquired before the specified command line is
39 executed and released afterwards.</para>
40
41 <para>Inhibitor locks may be used to block or delay system sleep
42 and shutdown requests from the user, as well as automatic idle
43 handling of the OS. This is useful to avoid system suspends while
44 an optical disc is being recorded, or similar operations that
45 should not be interrupted.</para>
46
47 <para>For more information see the <ulink
28a0ad81 48 url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit">Inhibitor
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49 Lock Developer Documentation</ulink>.</para>
50 </refsect1>
51
52 <refsect1>
53 <title>Options</title>
54
55 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
56
57 <variablelist>
58 <varlistentry>
59 <term><option>--what=</option></term>
60
61 <listitem><para>Takes a colon-separated list of one or more
62 operations to inhibit:
63 <literal>shutdown</literal>,
64 <literal>sleep</literal>,
65 <literal>idle</literal>,
66 <literal>handle-power-key</literal>,
67 <literal>handle-suspend-key</literal>,
68 <literal>handle-hibernate-key</literal>,
69 <literal>handle-lid-switch</literal>,
70 for inhibiting reboot/power-off/halt/kexec,
71 suspending/hibernating, the automatic idle detection, or the
72 low-level handling of the power/sleep key and the lid switch,
73 respectively. If omitted, defaults to
74 <literal>idle:sleep:shutdown</literal>.</para></listitem>
75 </varlistentry>
76
77 <varlistentry>
78 <term><option>--who=</option></term>
79
80 <listitem><para>Takes a short, human-readable descriptive
81 string for the program taking the lock. If not passed,
82 defaults to the command line string.</para></listitem>
83 </varlistentry>
84
85 <varlistentry>
86 <term><option>--why=</option></term>
87
88 <listitem><para>Takes a short, human-readable descriptive
89 string for the reason for taking the lock. Defaults to
90 "Unknown reason".</para></listitem>
91 </varlistentry>
92
93 <varlistentry>
94 <term><option>--mode=</option></term>
95
96 <listitem><para>Takes either <literal>block</literal> or
97 <literal>delay</literal> and describes how the lock is
98 applied. If <literal>block</literal> is used (the default),
99 the lock prohibits any of the requested operations without
100 time limit, and only privileged users may override it. If
101 <literal>delay</literal> is used, the lock can only delay the
102 requested operations for a limited time. If the time elapses,
103 the lock is ignored and the operation executed. The time limit
104 may be specified in
105 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
106 Note that <literal>delay</literal> is only available for
107 <literal>sleep</literal> and
108 <literal>shutdown</literal>.</para></listitem>
109 </varlistentry>
110
111 <varlistentry>
112 <term><option>--list</option></term>
113
114 <listitem><para>Lists all active inhibition locks instead of
115 acquiring one.</para></listitem>
116 </varlistentry>
117
f3c9133c 118 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
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120 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
121 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
122 </variablelist>
123
124 </refsect1>
125
126 <refsect1>
127 <title>Exit status</title>
128
129 <para>Returns the exit status of the executed program.</para>
130 </refsect1>
131
132 <refsect1>
133 <title>Example</title>
134
135 <programlisting># systemd-inhibit wodim foobar.iso</programlisting>
136
137 <para>This burns the ISO image
138 <filename>foobar.iso</filename> on a CD using
139 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wodim</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
140 and inhibits system sleeping, shutdown and idle while
141 doing so.</para>
142 </refsect1>
143
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144 <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
145
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146 <refsect1>
147 <title>See Also</title>
148 <para>
149 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
150 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
151 </para>
152 </refsect1>
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154</refentry>