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.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Apple Computer, Inc.  All rights reserved.
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.Dd Augest 19, 2002
.Dt PMSET 1
.Os Darwin
.Sh NAME
.Nm pmset
.Nd modify power management settings
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl a | b | c
.Op dim Ar minutes
.Op spindown Ar minutes
.Op sleep Ar minutes
.Op womp Ar 1/0
.Op ring Ar 1/0
.Op autorestart Ar 1/0
.Op dps Ar 1/0
.Op reduce Ar 1/0
.Op boot
.Op powerbutton Ar 1/0

.Nm
.Fl g 
.Op disk | live | cap

.\.Nm
.\.Op Fl a b c
.\.Op dim
.\.Op spindown
.\.Op sleep
.\.Op womp
.\.Op ring
.\.Op autorestart
.\.Op dps
.\.Op reduce

.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
changes and reads power management settings such as idle sleep timing, wake on administrative access, automatic restart on power loss, etc. 

.Sh SETTING
The
.Fl a,
.Fl b,
.Fl c
flags determine whether the settings apply to battery (-b), charger (wall power) (-c), or all (-a). 
.Pp
Use a minutes argument of 0 to set the idle time to never. 
.Pp
.Nm 
must be run as root.
.Pp
The boot argument tells power management that system bootup is complete. Loginwindow handles this on a normal Mac OS X system.

.Sh GETTING
The
.Fl g 
flag outputs the settings currently in use (same as 
.Fl g 
live
). 
.Fl g 
disk 
will tell you the settings on disk.  
.Fl g 
cap 
will tell you which power management features the machine supports.

.Sh ARGUMENTS
dim - display dim timer (value in minutes)
.br
spindown - disk spindown timer (value in minutes)
.br
sleep - system sleep timer (value in minutes)
.br
womp - wake on ethernet magic packet (value = 0/1)
.br
ring - wake on modem ring (value = 0/1)
.br
autorestart - automatic restart on power loss (value = 0/1)
.br
dps - dynamically change processor speed based on load (value = 0/1)
.br
reduce - reduce processor speed (value = 0/1)

.Sh OTHER ARGUMENTS
These arguments don't directly affect power management settings:
.br
  boot - tell the kernel that system boot is complete
.br
  powerbutton - if set, ignores power button sleep requests (value = 0/1)

.Sh EXAMPLES
.Nm
.Fl b 
dim 5
.Pp
.Nm
.Fl a
dim 10 spindown 10 sleep 30 womp 1
.Pp
.Nm 
.Fl g 
live
.Pp 
.Sh FILES
All changes made through
.Nm
are saved in a persistent preferences file (per-system, not per-user) at 
.Pa /var/db/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.xml
.Pp
.Nm
modifies the same file that System Preferences Energy Saver modifies.