.TH CAFFEINATE "1" "January 2015"
.SH NAME
caffeinate \- inhibit desktop idleness while a command runs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B caffeinate
COMMAND [ARGUMENT...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Caffeinate runs the given command and prevents the desktop becoming idle
while it is run, hence stops screen savers or power-saving activating even if
the machine is not being used.
.PP
It is usually more convenient to use the fully-automatic caffeine(1);
caffeinate may be useful when it is impractical or impossible to run a
program in full-screen mode, or to prevent automatic suspend kicking in
during a long-running unattended command, such as a system update.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBcaffeine\fR(1),
\fBcaffeine-indicator\fR(1)
.SH AUTHORS
Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>