On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:21:11 +0200 Erich Schubert <erich@debian.org> wrote: > None of which is expected to change during useage of the battery. > So querying once is enough: all variable values are in "state". The only exception would be if you change your battery while the program is running, but that wouldn't be hard to recognize. Another thing is that some systems have both BAT0 and BAT1... grusz pHilipp