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.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Apple Computer, Inc.  All rights reserved.
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.Dd January 7, 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 boot

.\.Nm
.\.Op Fl a b c
.\.Op dim
.\.Op spindown
.\.Op sleep
.\.Op womp

.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
changes power management settings such as idle sleep timing and wake on LAN. The
.Fl a,
.Fl b,
.Fl c
flags determine whether the settings apply to battery (-b), charger (-c), or all (-a). womp means Wake on Magic Packet. Use a minutes argument of 0 to set the idle time to never. 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 EXAMPLES
.Nm
.Fl b 
dim 5
.Fl c
dim 10
.Pp
.Nm
.Fl a
dim 10 spin 10 sleep 30 womp 1
.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