.Dd July 25, 2014 .Dt ZZZ 8 .Os Linux .Sh NAME .Nm zzz , .Nm ZZZ .Nd suspend or hibernate your computer .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm zzz .Op Fl nSzZRH .Nm ZZZ .Op Fl nSzZRH .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is a simple script to suspend or hibernate your computer. It supports hooks before and after suspending. .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl n dry-run mode. Instead of performing an ACPI action, .Nm will just sleep for a few seconds. .It Fl S Enter low-power idle mode (ACPI S1, kernel name "freeze"). .It Fl z Enter suspend to RAM mode (ACPI S3, kernel name "mem"). This is the default for .Nm zzz . .It Fl Z Enter hibernate to disk mode (ACPI S4, kernel name "disk") and power off. This is the default for .Nm ZZZ . .It Fl R Enter hibernate to disk mode and reboot. This can be used to switch operating systems. .It Fl H Enter hibernate to disk mode and suspend. This is also know as suspend-hybrid. .El .Sh FILES Before suspending, .Nm zzz runs the executable files in .Pa /etc/zzz.d/suspend in alphanumeric order. After suspending, .Nm zzz runs the executable files in .Pa /etc/zzz.d/resume in alphanumeric order (not in reverse order!). .Pp The environment variable .Ev ZZZ_MODE can be used in these hooks to differentiate between .Ic standby , .Ic suspend , .Ic resume , and .Ic hibernate . If the value is .Ic hibernate , then .Ev ZZZ_HIBERNATE_MODE can be used to differentiate between .Ic platform , .Ic reboot , and .Ic suspend hibernation modes. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -tag -width indent .It suspend/hibernate not supported The hardware does not support ACPI S3/S4 with this kernel. .It sleep permission denied You lack sufficent privilege to write to .Pa /sys/power/state . .It another instance of zzz is running .Nm locks .Pa /sys/power during operation. Perhaps a hook is stuck? .It Zzzz... yawn. The system has woken up again. Everything is fine. You feel refreshed. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pm-action 8 , .Xr s2disk 8 , .Xr s2ram 8 , OpenBSD's .Xr apm 8 .Sh HISTORY A similar .Nm apm command appeared in .Nx 1.3 and .Ox 1.2 . .Sh AUTHOR .An Leah Neukirchen , .Mt leah@vuxu.org . .Sh LICENSE .Nm is in the public domain.