systemd-inhibit

linux

Prohibit the system from entering certain power states. Inhibitor locks may be used to block or delay system sleep and shutdown requests as well as automatic idle handling.

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Examples (6)

List all active inhibition locks and the reasons for their creation

systemd-inhibit

Block system shutdown for a specified number of seconds with the `sleep` command

systemd-inhibit --what shutdown sleep 5

Keep the system from sleeping or idling until the download is complete

systemd-inhibit --what sleep:idle wget https://example.com/file

Ignore lid close switch until the script exits

systemd-inhibit --what sleep:handle-lid-switch path/to/script

Ignore power button press while command is running

systemd-inhibit --what handle-power-key command

Describe who and why created the inhibitor (default: the command and its arguments for `--who` and `Unknown reason` for `--why`)

systemd-inhibit --who $USER --why reason --what operation command

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