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[ale] Checking battery voltage on laptop
- Subject: [ale] Checking battery voltage on laptop
- From: jimpop at yahoo.com (Jim Popovitch)
- Date: Tue Feb 15 21:11:58 2005
- In-reply-to: <011001c513c4$a9948d90$bb00a8c0@Ringo>
- References: <011001c513c4$a9948d90$bb00a8c0@Ringo>
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 20:12 -0500, ringo wrote:
> Does anyone know how I can check my battery level on my laptop from
> within my gcc program? I have the power management stuff enabled so I
> have a battery bar on my desktop.
> Thanks
> Ringo
> Using SUSE 9.2 on a Compaq Presario
>
Somewhere there is a lib that probably provides callable functions, but
if you want to get down and dirty just parse /proc/apm. Google a bit
for "format /proc/apm" and you should find plenty.
-Jim P.