bsdfan.1

.TH BSDFAN 1 "November 4, 2014" BSDFAN "User Manual"
.SH NAME
bsdfan \- a simple utility to manage thinkpads fan on FreeBSD
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B bsdfan [-d] [-c
.I config-file
.B ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B bsdfan
automaticallty regulates the fan speed by the sensor temperature and the user configuration. 

.SH OPTIONS
.IP -d
Start bsdfan as a daemon
.IP "-c config-file"
Use the alternate system wide
.I config-file
instead of
.IR /usr/local/etc/bsdfan.conf .
.SH FILES
.I /usr/local/etc/bsdfan.conf
.RS
The system wide configuration file.
Overridden by the
.B -c
option.

Here the user can specifies the levels the fan will be set to.
They range from 0 (fan idle) to 7 (full speed), it's not necessary to use all levels.
Levels must be declared in ascending order by level_number and are declared as follows:

level(level_number,level_min_temperature,level_max_temperature)

where level_number is the level number as described above from 0 to 7,

level_min_temperature is the temperature below which the level will be decreased.

level_max_temperature is the maximum temperature beyond which the level will be increased.

level_min_temperature for the first level must be equal to 0.
levl_max_temperature for the last level must be greater than 150.

An example is provided with the software.
.SH AUTHOR
Claudio Zumbo <claudiozumbo at gmail dot com>