PMF(9lua)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to PMF(9lua) — literally the Lua binding to the power management framework, and it’s giving tiny-but-mighty energy 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pmf — Lua binding to the power management framework. no cap, that’s the whole assignment 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

local pmf = require 'pmf'

pmf.system_shutdown(howto)
pmf.set_platform(key, value)
value = pmf.get_platform(key)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The pmf Lua binding provides access to the power management framework. iconic behavior, honestly 👑

pmf.system_shutdown(howto)

Shutdown all attached devices. howto should contain the reboot(2) howto argument. these are the values defined as constants in the pmf table, and yes, you need all of them bestie:

  • pmf.RB_AUTOBOOT
  • pmf.RB_ASKNAME
  • pmf.RB_DUMP
  • pmf.RB_HALT
  • pmf.RB_POWERDOWN
  • pmf.RB_KDB
  • pmf.RB_NOSYNC
  • pmf.RB_RDONLY
  • pmf.RB_SINGLE
  • pmf.RB_USERCONF

pmf.set_platform(key, value)

Insert a name-value pair into the platform information database. cute little database moment 🎀

value = pmf.get_platform(key)

Retrieve the value for key from the platform information database. Returns nil if the key is not present. that’s it, that’s the function 💜

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

go peek at these, iykyk:

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

A pmf Lua manual appeared in NetBSD 7.0. vintage but still slaying ✨

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The pmf Lua binding was written by Marc Balmer <mbalmer@NetBSD.org>. absolute main character energy 🌈

mwah 💋 — source/version: Debian, dated October 29, 2013. that’s the cute lil’ sign-off, bestie 🎀

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