systemd-inhibitsystemdsystemd-inhibit1systemd-inhibitExecute a program with an inhibition lock takensystemd-inhibitOPTIONSCOMMANDARGUMENTSsystemd-inhibitOPTIONS--listDescriptionsystemd-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
Inhibitor Locks.OptionsThe following options are understood:Takes a colon-separated list of one or more
operations to inhibit:
shutdown,
sleep,
idle,
handle-power-key,
handle-reboot-key,
handle-suspend-key,
handle-hibernate-key,
handle-lid-switch,
for inhibiting reboot/power-off/halt/kexec/soft-reboot,
suspending/hibernating, the automatic idle detection, or the
low-level handling of the power/reboot/sleep key and the lid switch,
respectively. If omitted, defaults to
idle:sleep:shutdown.Takes a short, human-readable descriptive
string for the program taking the lock. If not passed,
defaults to the command line string.Takes a short, human-readable descriptive
string for the reason for taking the lock. Defaults to
"Unknown reason".Takes block, delay, or
block-weak 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. The block-weak inhibitor lock type is similar to
block but is not enforced against operations initiated by privileged clients or
those owned by the user that also owns the inhibitor lock. 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.conf5.
Note that delay is only available for sleep and
shutdown.Lists all active inhibition locks instead of
acquiring one.Exit statusReturns the exit status of the executed program.Example# systemd-inhibit wodim foobar.isoThis burns the ISO image
foobar.iso on a CD using
wodim1,
and inhibits system sleeping, shutdown and idle while
doing so.See Alsosystemd1logind.conf5