Execute script on battery switch

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I would like to have a bash script to be executed when I switch to battery alimentation, is this possible?

Do you mean when the battery is used or the battery falls to a particular energy level? Good primer on battery levels here http://askubuntu.com/questions/69556/how-to-check-battery-status-using-terminal — Meer Borg, Aug 24 '13 at 15:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 24 '13 at 15:08

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yes there is a way.

From the Advanced Power Management (APM) daemon (apmd) man-page . This is a program. so when you remove the battery automatically this program will run. so you can use a condition to check the status of this program. If condition done then you can run the script else you can wait until it will runs.

change power
              Invoked when the APM subsystem reports a change in power status,
              such as a switch from mains to battery power.

answered Aug 24 '13 at 15:08

Raja G

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I read it may conflicts with acpi – Matteo Pagliazzi Aug 24 '13 at 15:12
and that acpi is advised – Matteo Pagliazzi Aug 24 '13 at 15:14
check it once , because conflict will happen if acpi and apmd doing the same process/job. but as I know acpi not having any functionality like change power.so there will be no conflict. – Raja G Aug 24 '13 at 15:15
what about https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acpid? – Matteo Pagliazzi Aug 24 '13 at 15:23

Execute script on battery switch

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