Eric Beversluis <ebe...@researchintegration.org> writes: > So my question concerns how suspend work on Ubuntu. I assume that the > computer doesn't suspend if a process like rdiff-backup is > running. Maybe that's wrong. But I've always thought the computer > wouldn't suspend as long as there was activity. And if the computer > does suspend, does that mean that the rdiff-backup process also > suspends?
Sometimes there are APIs to block sleeping, but mostly usually -- take this with a kg of salt not just a fr -- it's about detecting user activity, keyboard/mouse only. If the computer overall sleeps, yes everything stops. > Is there a way to have the computer only suspend once the backup > process completes? Maybe but this is an Ubuntu question really. Probably there is a program to ask for non-suspend and you'd write a wrapper script.
