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SYSTEMD-INHIBIT(1)                                 systemd-inhibit                                 SYSTEMD-INHIBIT(1)



NAME
       systemd-inhibit - Execute a program with an inhibition lock taken

SYNOPSIS
       systemd-inhibit [OPTIONS...] [COMMAND] [ARGUMENTS...]

       systemd-inhibit [OPTIONS...] --list

DESCRIPTION
       systemd-inhibit may be used to execute a program with a shutdown, sleep or idle inhibitor lock taken. The lock
       will be acquired before the specified command line is executed and released afterwards.

       Inhibitor locks may be used to block or delay system sleep and shutdown requests from the user, as well as
       automatic idle handling of the OS. This is useful to avoid system suspends while an optical disc is being
       recorded, or similar operations that should not be interrupted.

       For more information see the Inhibitor Lock Developer Documentation[1].

OPTIONS
       The following options are understood:

       --what=
           Takes a colon-separated list of one or more operations to inhibit: "shutdown", "sleep", "idle",
           "handle-power-key", "handle-suspend-key", "handle-hibernate-key", "handle-lid-switch", for inhibiting
           reboot/power-off/halt/kexec, suspending/hibernating, the automatic idle detection, or the low-level
           handling of the power/sleep key and the lid switch, respectively. If omitted, defaults to
           "idle:sleep:shutdown".

       --who=
           Takes a short, human-readable descriptive string for the program taking the lock. If not passed, defaults
           to the command line string.

       --why=
           Takes a short, human-readable descriptive string for the reason for taking the lock. Defaults to "Unknown
           reason".

       --mode=
           Takes either "block" or "delay" and describes how the lock is applied. If "block" is used (the default),
           the lock prohibits any of the requested operations without time limit, and only privileged users may
           override it. If "delay" is used, the lock can only delay the requested operations for a limited time. If
           the time elapses, the lock is ignored and the operation executed. The time limit may be specified in
           logind.conf(5). Note that "delay" is only available for "sleep" and "shutdown".

       --list
           Lists all active inhibition locks instead of acquiring one.

       -h, --help
           Print a short help text and exit.

       --version
           Print a short version string and exit.

EXIT STATUS
       Returns the exit status of the executed program.

EXAMPLE


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