# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary # to leave one space after the ':'. |----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| acpitool: acpitool (Command-line frontend to the ACPI subsystem) acpitool: acpitool: AcpiTool is a Linux ACPI client. It's a small command line acpitool: application, intended to be a replacement for the apm tool. acpitool: The primary target audience are laptop users, since these people acpitool: are most interested in things like battery status, thermal status acpitool: and the ability to suspend (sleep mode). The program simply acpitool: accesses the /proc/acpi or /sysfs entries to get/set acpi values. acpitool: Hence, a computer running a Linux kernel from the 2.4.x or 2.6.x acpitool: series with ACPI enabled is needed. acpitool: