On 2020-03-26 at 08:56:16 Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 26Mar2020 01:13, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 13:47 +0100, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> >> there is nothing in BOIS settings regarding closing of the lid.
> >> However, it's not terribly important, so I can live with it.
> >
> >Just be aware that if you close the lid (on *some* laptops) and leave
> >them running, they can overheat. *They* rely on the lid being open for
> >sufficient airflow.
>
> Aye. Particularly if you're running something CPU intensive as well.
>
> For this reason I keep a little shell script called "zz" around, to
> sleep the laptop. So named to make it trivial to type and therefore easy
> to prefer to just shutting the lid. Here:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Sleep the machine. - Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> pf -d
> sync
> if [ "x$OS" = xdarwin ]
> then
> pmset sleepnow
> else
> set-x sudo hibernate \
> || { echo "Hibernate fails, exit status $?" >&2
> exit 1
> }
> fi
>
> The "pf -d" just shuts down my active ssh port forwards (other script
> automation there, ignore it). The if-statement is what you want. Hmm, it
> could do with an:
>
> : ${OS:=`uname -s | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`}
>
> up the top, too. I set $OS in my environment anyway, which is why I
> hadn't noticed.
Thanks for the idea. I suppose I could just use systemctl suspend right away.
--
Erik P. Olsen - Copenhagen, Denmark
Fedora 31/64 bit Linux xfce Claws-Mail POP3 Gramps 5.1.2 Bacula 9.4.4
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