# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The handy ruler below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| upsd: Description: UPS Monitor Program via serial interface upsd: UPSD is a daemon to monitor an Uninterruptible Power upsd: Supply (UPS) connected to a Linux computer's serial upsd: port. It will signal init(8) when the UPS is operating upsd: on battery power so that the computer can be shut upsd: down cleanly. UPSD has additional features, including upsd: network monitoring, low battery warning, and the upsd: capability of turning off the UPS during the shutdown upsd: process (if the UPS supports this). In addition it has the upsd: capability on slave systems of monitoring the remote upsd: