MonitorOFF

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: Maintenance Commands (1m)
Updated: 25 February 2021
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NAME

MonitorOFF - temporarily turn off all monitors

 

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/bin/MonitorOFF [ -h | -i | -u | -V ]

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

 

DESCRIPTION

temporarily turn off all monitors.

The monitors are turned on again on user activity, as when the mouse is clicked or a key is pressed.

This is useful when working with an external keyboard with a Laptop without access to the Fn key.

 

OPTIONS

-h
usage message.

-i
install the MonitorOFF command on the Windows™ 'Desktop'.

-u
uninstall the MonitorOFF command from the Windows™ 'Desktop'.

-V
print program version.

 

ENVIRONMENT

-

 

EXIT STATUS

0
no error.

4
usage displayed.

5
version message displayed.

 

FILES

-

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

wintoolsintro(1), config(1m)

 

NOTES

when caffeine(1) is running without the -stes and -allowss options MonitorOFF cannot turn off the monitors reliable.

This is why MonitorOFF asks to restart Caffeine when this condition is detected.

 

BUGS

does not work when nosleep(1) is active.

 

AUTHOR

MonitorOFF was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2021 Christian Walther

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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