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| author | Samuel Thibault | 2007-11-27 23:54:35 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2008-02-08 02:01:27 +0100 |
| commit | 5c55d9bf1ae789fd25d5e4153c699134706c2e9f (patch) | |
| tree | b8e77479eea15b40e587f5ac06463cf1c4098718 /misc-utils/setterm.1 | |
| parent | rtcwake: fix UTC time usage (diff) | |
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setterm: add -blan [force|poke] options for TIOCL_{BLANKED,BLANK}SCREEN
Linux has some interface to force an immediate blank
(TIOCL_BLANK/UNBLANKSCREEN) or get the blank status
(TIOCL_BLANKEDSCREEN), which is useful e.g. for blind people.
Co-Author: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/setterm.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/setterm.1 | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/setterm.1 b/misc-utils/setterm.1 index 86c3635da..ec4b6a885 100644 --- a/misc-utils/setterm.1 +++ b/misc-utils/setterm.1 @@ -133,10 +133,18 @@ Clears tab stops from the given horizontal cursor positions, in the range Clears all tab stops, then sets a regular tab stop pattern, with one tab every specified number of positions. Without an argument, defaults to 8. .TP -.BR \-blank " [0-60] (virtual consoles only)" +.BR \-blank " [0-60|force|poke] (virtual consoles only)" Sets the interval of inactivity, in minutes, after which the screen will be automatically blanked (using APM if available). Without an argument, defaults to 0 (disable console blanking). + +The +.B force +option keeps screen blank even if a key is pressed. + +The +.B poke +option returns which vt was blanked. .TP .BR \-dump " [1-NR_CONS]" Writes a snapshot of the given virtual console (with attributes) to the file |