opensolaris man page for powerd

powerd(1M)						  System Administration Commands						powerd(1M)

NAME
       powerd - power manager daemon

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/power/powerd [-n]

DESCRIPTION
       The powerd daemon is started by pmconfig(1M) to monitor system activity and perform an automatic shutdown using the suspend-resume feature.
       When the system is suspended, complete current state is saved on the disk before power is removed.  On  reboot,	the  system  automatically
       starts a resume operation and the system is restored to the same state it was in immediately prior to suspend.

       Immediately prior to system shutdown, the daemon notifies syslogd(1M) of the shutdown, which broadcasts a notification.

OPTIONS
       The following option is supported:

       -n    No broadcast mode. The daemon silently shuts down the system without notifying syslogd(1M).

FILES
       /etc/power.conf	  Power Management configuration information file

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWpmu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Unstable			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       pmconfig(1M), dtpower(1M), syslogd(1M), power.conf(4), attributes(5), cpr(7), pm(7D)

       Using Power Management

SunOS 5.11							    15 Oct 1999 							powerd(1M)