proc_apm(5)

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version 6.20 · 10 versions
, in arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

🌸 proc_apm(5) — bestie edition 🌸

okay so real talk, this one's from the File Formats Manual, section 5, and it's short short — a lil baby page. but it's iconic and we're gonna treat it with respect 💅

✨ NAME ✨

/proc/apm — advanced power management 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

  • /proc/apm — this is where you get your advanced power management version info and your battery information, but only when CONFIG_APM is defined at kernel compilation time 👑

that's it. that's the whole file. no cap. it's giving "small but mighty" energy and honestly? we stan 💜

heads up bestie: CONFIG_APM has to be defined at kernel compilation time — like, when the kernel gets built. no compile-time CONFIG_APM, no /proc/apm content. periodt. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • proc(5) — go read the main character's page, iykyk 🫶

and that's the whole vibe check, fr fr. this page came from Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2026-02-08 — so when you cite it, cite it right, bestie 😭💖 bye ily, go check your battery 🔋✨

📦 where this page comes from
  • arch rolling: man-pages 6.20-1 · BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-4.3TAHOE AND BSD-4-Clause-UC AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-linking-exception AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-Public-Domain AND LicenseRef-UltraPermissive AND Linux-man-pages-1-para AND Linux-man-pages-copyleft AND Linux-man-pages-copyleft-2-para AND Linux-man-pages-copyleft-var AND MIT AND Spencer-94
  • nixpkgs unstable: man-pages 6.20
  • 📜 the page's license: GPL-3.0-or-later
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