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conky(1)                                                              conky(1)



NAME
       conky - A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code, but
       more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.

SYNOPSIS
       conky [options]

DESCRIPTION
       Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on  the  torsmo  code.
       Since  it's original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from it's
       predecessor.  Conky can display just about  anything,  either  on  your
       root  desktop  or in it's own window.  Conky has many built-in objects,
       as well as the ability to execute programs and  scripts,  then  display
       the output from stdout.

       We are always looking for help, and anyone interested in becoming a de-
       veloper is welcome.  Please use the facilities at SourceForge  to  make
       bug reports, feature requests, and submit patches.

       Thanks for your interest in Conky.

COMPILING
       For  users  compiling from source, make sure you have the X development
       libraries installed.  This should be  a  package  along  the  lines  of
       "libx11-dev or xorg-x11-dev".

       Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage... simply use "emerge app-
       admin/conky" for installation.  There is  also  usually  an  up-to-date
       ebuild within Conky's package or in Svn.

       Debian,etc.  users  --  Conky will be in Debian's repositories soon (by
       mid-September, hopefully), and then Ubuntu  shortly  thereafter.  Until
       then, "dpkg -i" the .deb package to install.

       Example  to  compile  and  run Conky with all optional components (note
       that some configure options may differ for your system):

       sh autogen.sh # Only required if building from SVN

       ./configure      --prefix=/usr      --mandir=/usr/share/man       --in-
       fodir=/usr/share/info  --datadir=/usr/share  --sysconfdir=/etc --local-
       statedir=/var/lib --disable-own-window --enable-audacious[=yes|no|lega-
       cy] --enable-bmpx --disable-hddtemp --disable-mpd --enable-xmms2 --dis-
       able-portmon  --disable-network  --enable-debug  --disable-x11   --dis-
       able-double-buffer --disable-xdamage --disable-xft

       make

       make install # Optional

       src/conky

       Conky probably doesn't compile with compilers other than gcc  and  icc.
       It  doesn't  compile  with C89 compiler and not even with pure C99.  It
       uses a few things that might not exist: strdup(),  strcasecmp(),  strn-
       casecmp(),  optarg  variable  with getopt() and long long (not in C89).
       Crashes in file system statistics stuff when compiled with icc, I don't
       know exactly why.

       You  can disable 'drawing to own window' feature in case you don't need
       it by passing --disable-own-window to configure -script.


YOU SHOULD KNOW
       Conky is generally very good on resources. However, certain objects  in
       Conky  are  harder  on resources then others. In particular, the $tail,
       $top, $font, and $graph objects are quite costly in comparison  to  the
       rest of Conky.

       If  you  do use them, please do not complain about memory or CPU usage,
       unless you think something's seriously wrong (mem leak, etc.).

       An easy way to force Conky to reload your ~/.conkyrc: "killall -SIGUSR1
       conky".   Saves you the trouble of having to kill and then restart. You
       can now also do the same with SIGHUP.

       IMPORTANT: For previous Conky users, Conky 1.3 no longer  supports  the
       metar  stuff.   mdsplib  was  causing  way too many problems. Hopefully
       there'll be a better solution in Conky 2.x...

OPTIONS
       Command line options override configurations defined  in  configuration
       file.

       -v | -V | --verbose
              Prints version and exits


       -a | --alignment=ALIGNMENT
              Text alignment on screen, {top,bottom}_{left,right} or none


       -b | --double-buffer
              Use double buffering (eliminates "flicker")


       -c | --config=FILE
              Config file to load instead of $HOME/.conkyrc


       -d | --daemonize
              Daemonize Conky, aka fork to background


       -f | --font=FONT
              Font to use


       -h | --help
              Prints command line help and exits


       -o | --own-window
              Create own window to draw


       -t | --text=TEXT
              Text to render, remember single quotes, like -t ' $uptime '


       -u | --interval=SECONDS
              Update interval


       -w | --window-id=WIN_ID
              Window id to draw


       -x X_COORDINATE
              X position


       -y Y_COORDINATE
              Y position


CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
       Default  configuration  file  is  $HOME/.conkyrc  (can  be changed from
       conky.c among other things). See conkyrc.sample. If installing from De-
       bian  package, this should be in /usr/share/doc/conky/examples ("gunzip
       conkyrc.sample.gz" to get conkyrc.sample).

       You might want to copy it to $HOME/.conkyrc and  then  start  modifying
       it.  Other configs can be found at http://conky.sf.net

       alignment
              Aligned position on screen, may be top_left, top_right, top_mid-
              dle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, mid-
              dle_right,  or  none  (also can be abreviated as tl, tr, tm, bl,
              br, bm, ml, mr)


       background
              Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background  when
              started


       border_margin
              Border margin in pixels


       border_width
              Border width in pixels


       color0 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       color1 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       color2 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       color3 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       color4 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       color5 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       color6 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       color7 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       color8 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       color9 A color variable for use inside TEXT segments


       cpu_avg_samples
              The number of samples to average for CPU monitoring


       top_cpu_separate
              If true, cpu in top will show usage of one processor's power. If
              false, cpu in top will show the usage of all  processors'  power
              combined.


       default_color
              Default color and border color


       default_outline_color
              Default outline color


       default_shade_color
              Default shading color and border's shading color


       double_buffer
              Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker) It is highly recom-
              mended to use own window with this one so double buffer won't be
              so big.


       draw_borders
              Draw borders around text?


       draw_graph_borders
              Draw borders around graphs?


       draw_outline
              Draw outlines?


       draw_shades
              Draw shades?


       font   Font name in X, xfontsel can be used to get a nice font


       gap_x  Gap,  in pixels, between right or left border of screen, same as
              passing -x at command line, e.g. gap_x 10


       gap_y  Gap, in pixels, between top or bottom border of screen, same  as
              passing -y at command line, e.g. gap_y 10.


       imap   Default  global  IMAP server. Arguments are: "host user pass [-i
              interval] [-f folder] [-p port] [-e command]". Default  port  is
              143,  default  folder is 'INBOX', default interval is 5 minutes.
              If the password is supplied as '*', you will be prompted to  en-
              ter the password when Conky starts.


       mail_spool
              Mail spool for mail checking


       max_port_monitor_connections
              Allow  each  port monitor to track at most this many connections
              (if 0 or not set, default is 256)


       max_specials
              Maximum number of special things, e.g. fonts,  offsets,  aligns,
              etc. (default is 512)


       max_user_text bytes
              Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in
              config file (default is 16384 bytes)


       text_buffer_size bytes
              Size of the standard text buffer (default is  128  bytes).  This
              buffer  is used for intermediary text, such as individual lines,
              output from $exec vars, and various other variables.  Increasing
              the  size  of this buffer can drastically reduce Conky's perfor-
              mance, but will allow for more text display  per  variable.  The
              size  of this buffer cannot be smaller than the default value of
              128 bytes.


       maximum_width pixels
              Maximum width of window


       minimum_size width (height)
              Minimum size of window


       mpd_host
              Host of MPD server


       mpd_port
              Port of MPD server


       mpd_password
              MPD server password


       music_player_interval
              Music player thread update interval (defaults to Conky's  update
              interval)


       net_avg_samples
              The number of samples to average for net data


       no_buffers
              Substract (file system) buffers from used memory?


       override_utf8_locale
              Force UTF8? requires XFT


       own_window
              Boolean, create own window to draw?


       own_window_class
              Manually set the WM_CLASS name. Defaults to "Conky".


       own_window_colour colour
              If  own_window_transparent no, set a specified background colour
              (defaults to black). Takes either a hex  value  (#ffffff)  or  a
              valid RGB name (see /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt)


       own_window_hints undecorated,below,above,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
              If  own_window is yes, you may use these window manager hints to
              affect the way Conky displays.  Notes: Use own_window_type desk-
              top  as another way to implement many of these hints implicitly.
              If you use own_window_type override, window manager  hints  have
              no meaning and are ignored.


       own_window_title
              Manually  set the window name. Defaults to "<hostname> - conky".


       own_window_transparent
              Boolean, set pseudo-transparency?


       own_window_type
              if own_window is yes, you may specify type  normal,  desktop  or
              override (default: normal).  Desktop windows are special windows
              that have no window decorations;  are  always  visible  on  your
              desktop;  do not appear in your pager or taskbar; and are sticky
              across all workspaces.  Override windows are not under the  con-
              trol of the window manager. Hints are ignored. This type of win-
              dow can be useful for certain situations.


       out_to_console
              Print text to stdout.


       pad_percents
              Pad percentages to this many decimals (0 = no padding)


       pop3   Default global POP3 server. Arguments are: "host user  pass  [-i
              interval]  [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, default
              interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as  '*',  you
              will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.


       short_units
              Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). De-
              fault is off.


       stippled_borders
              Border stippling (dashing) in pixels


       total_run_times
              Total number of times for Conky to update before quitting.  Zero
              makes Conky run forever


       update_interval
              Update interval in seconds


       uppercase
              Boolean value, if true, text is rendered in upper case


       use_spacer
              Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving oth-
              er things around. Arguments are left, right, and none (default).
              The   old  true/false  values  are  deprecated  and  default  to
              right/none respectively. Note that this only helps  if  you  are
              using a mono font, such as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.


       use_xft
              Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)


       xftalpha
              Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0.


       xftfont
              Xft font to use.


       TEXT   After this begins text to be formatted on screen


VARIABLES
       Colors  are  parsed using XParsecolor(), there might be a list of them:
       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Also,  <http://sedition.com/perl/rgb.html>.
       Color  can  be also in #rrggbb format (hex).  Note that when displaying
       bytes, power is 1024 and not 1000 so 1M really  means  1024*1024  bytes
       and not 1000*1000.

       addr interface
              IP address for an interface


       addrs interface
              IP  addresses for an interface (if one - works like addr). Linux
              only.


       acpiacadapter
              ACPI ac adapter state.


       acpifan
              ACPI fan state


       acpitemp
              ACPI temperature in C.


       acpitempf
              ACPI temperature in F.


       adt746xcpu
              CPU temperature from therm_adt746x


       adt746xfan
              Fan speed from therm_adt746x


       alignr (num)
              Right-justify text, with space of N


       alignc (num)
              Align text to centre


       apm_adapter
              Display APM AC adapter status (FreeBSD only)


       apm_battery_life
              Display APM battery life in percent (FreeBSD only)


       apm_battery_time
              Display remaining APM battery life in hh:mm:ss or  "unknown"  if
              AC adapterstatus is on-line or charging (FreeBSD only)


       audacious_bar (height),(width)
              Progress bar


       audacious_bitrate
              Bitrate of current tune


       audacious_channels
              Number of audio channels of current tune


       audacious_filename
              Full path and filename of current tune


       audacious_frequency
              Sampling frequency of current tune


       audacious_length
              Total length of current tune as MM:SS


       audacious_length_seconds
              Total length of current tune in seconds


       audacious_playlist_position
              Playlist position of current tune


       audacious_playlist_length
              Number of tunes in playlist


       audacious_position
              Position of current tune (MM:SS)


       audacious_position_seconds
              Position of current tune in seconds


       audacious_status
              Player status (Playing/Paused/Stopped/Not running)


       audacious_title (max length)
              Title of current tune with optional maximum length specifier


       battery (num)
              Battery  status and remaining percentage capacity of ACPI or APM
              battery. ACPI battery number can be given as  argument  (default
              is BAT0).


       battery_bar (height),(width) (num)
              Battery percentage remaining of ACPI battery in a bar. ACPI bat-
              tery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).


       battery_percent (num)
              Battery percentage remaining for ACPI battery. ACPI battery num-
              ber can be given as argument (default is BAT0).


       battery_time (num)
              Battery  charge/discharge  time  remaining of ACPI battery. ACPI
              battery number can be given as argument (default is BAT0).


       bmpx_artist
              Artist in current BMPx track


       bmpx_album
              Album in current BMPx track


       bmpx_title
              Title of the current BMPx track


       bmpx_track
              Track number of the current BMPx track


       bmpx_bitrate
              Bitrate of the current BMPx track


       bmpx_uri
              URI of the current BMPx track


       buffers
              Amount of memory buffered


       cached Amount of memory cached


       color (color)
              Change drawing color to color


       color0 Change drawing color to color0 configuration option


       color1 Change drawing color to color1 configuration option


       color2 Change drawing color to color2 configuration option


       color3 Change drawing color to color3 configuration option


       color4 Change drawing color to color4 configuration option


       color5 Change drawing color to color5 configuration option


       color6 Change drawing color to color6 configuration option


       color7 Change drawing color to color7 configuration option


       color8 Change drawing color to color8 configuration option


       color9 Change drawing color to color9 configuration option


       conky_version
              Conky version


       conky_build_date
              Date Conky was built


       conky_bulid_arch
              CPU architecture Conky was built for


       cpu (cpuN)
              CPU usage in percents. For SMP machines, the CPU number  can  be
              provided  as  an  argument.  ${cpu cpu0} is the total usage, and
              ${cpu cpuX} (X >= 1) are individual CPUs.


       cpubar (cpu number) (height),(width)
              Bar that shows CPU usage, height is bar's height in pixels.  See
              $cpu for more info on SMP.


       cpugraph  (cpu  number)  (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
       colour 2)
              CPU  usage graph, with optional colours in hex, minus the #. See
              $cpu for more info on SMP.


       diskio (device)
              Displays current disk IO. Device is optional, and takes the form
              of sda for /dev/sda. Individual partitions are allowed.


       diskiograph  (device)  (height),(width)  (gradient  colour 1) (gradient
       colour 2) (scale)
              Disk  IO graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is
              non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.


       diskio_read (device)
              Displays current disk IO for reads. Device as in diskio.


       diskiograph_read (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1)  (gradi-
       ent colour 2) (scale)
              Disk IO graph for reads, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
              scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device as
              in diskio.


       diskio_write (device)
              Displays current disk IO for writes. Device as in diskio.


       diskiograph_write (device) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradi-
       ent colour 2) (scale)
              Disk IO graph for writes, colours defined in hex, minus  the  #.
              If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Device
              as in diskio.


       downspeed net
              Download speed in kilobytes


       downspeedf net
              Download speed in kilobytes with one decimal


       downspeedgraph  net  (height),(width)  (gradient  colour  1)  (gradient
       colour 2) (scale)
              Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus  the  #.  If
              scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.


       else   Text to show if any of the above are not true


       entropy_avail
              Current entropy available for crypto freaks


       entropy_bar (height),(width)
              Normalized bar of available entropy for crypto freaks


       entropy_poolsize
              Total size of system entropy pool for crypto freaks


       exec command
              Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn-
              ing: this takes a lot more resources than other  variables.  I'd
              recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch.


       execp command
              Executes a shell command and displays the output in conky. warn-
              ing: this takes a lot more resources than other  variables.  I'd
              recommend coding wanted behaviour in C and posting a patch. This
              differs from $exec in that it parses the output of the  command,
              so  you  can  insert things like ${color red}hi!${color} in your
              script and have it correctly parsed by Conky.


       execbar command
              Same as exec, except if the first value return is  a  value  be-
              tween 0-100, it will use that number for a bar. The size for the
              bar is currently fixed, but that may change in the future.


       execgraph command
              Same as execbar, but graphs values.


       execi interval command
              Same as exec but with specific interval. Interval can't be  less
              than update_interval in configuration. See also $texeci


       execibar interval command
              Same as execbar, except with an interval


       execigraph interval command
              Same as execigraph, but takes an interval arg graphs values


       font (font)
              Specify  a  different font. This new font will apply to the cur-
              rent line and everything following. You can use a $font with  no
              arguments  to  change  back  to the default font (much like with
              $color)


       freq (n)
              Returns CPU #n's frequency in MHz. CPUs are counted from  1.  If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.


       freq_g (n)
              Returns  CPU  #n's frequency in GHz. CPUs are counted from 1. If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.


       freq_dyn
              Returns CPU frequency in MHz, but is calculated by  counting  to
              clock  cycles  to  complete  an  instruction. Only available for
              x86/amd64.


       freq_dyn_g
              Returns CPU frequency in GHz, but is calculated by  counting  to
              clock  cycles  to  complete  an  instruction. Only available for
              x86/amd64.


       fs_bar (height),(width) fs
              Bar that shows how much space is used on a file  system.  height
              is the height in pixels. fs is any file on that file system.


       fs_free (fs)
              Free space on a file system available for users.


       fs_free_perc (fs)
              Free percentage of space on a file system available for users.


       fs_size (fs)
              File system size


       fs_type (fs)
              File system type


       fs_used (fs)
              File system used space


       goto x The next element will be printed at position 'x'.


       hddtemp dev, (host,(port))
              Displays  temperature  of a selected hard disk drive as reported
              by the hddtemp daemon running on  host:port.   Default  host  is
              127.0.0.1, default port is 7634.


       head logfile lines (interval)
              Displays  first  N lines of supplied text text file. If interval
              is not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval.  Max  of  30
              lines can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.


       hr (height)
              Horizontal line, height is the height in pixels


       hwmon (dev) type n
              Hwmon  sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omit-
              ted if you have only one hwmon device. Parameter type is  either
              'in'  or  'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Cel-
              sius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature.  Parameter  n
              is  number  of  the  sensor. See /sys/class/hwmon/ on your local
              computer.


       iconv_start codeset_from codeset_to
              Convert text from one codeset to another using GNU iconv.  Needs
              to be stopped with iconv_stop.


       iconv_stop
              Stop iconv codeset conversion.


       i2c (dev) type n
              I2C  sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be omitted
              if you have only one I2C device. Parameter type is  either  'in'
              or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp' (Celsius) or
              'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter n is  number
              of the sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on your local computer.


       i8k_ac_status
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              whether  ac  power  is on, as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to
              human-readable). Beware that this is by default not  enabled  by
              i8k itself.


       i8k_bios
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              the bios version as listed in /proc/i8k.


       i8k_buttons_status
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              the volume buttons status as listed in /proc/i8k.


       i8k_cpu_temp
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              the cpu temperature in Celsius, as reported by /proc/i8k.


       i8k_cpu_tempf
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              the cpu temperature in Fahrenheit, as reported by /proc/i8k.


       i8k_left_fan_rpm
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              the left fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions  per  minute  as
              listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
              in reverse order.


       i8k_left_fan_status
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              the left fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to human-
              readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports these  fans  in  re-
              verse order.


       i8k_right_fan_rpm
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              the right fan's rate of rotation, in revolutions per  minute  as
              listed in /proc/i8k. Beware, some laptops i8k reports these fans
              in reverse order.


       i8k_right_fan_status
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              the  right  fan status as listed in /proc/i8k (translated to hu-
              man-readable). Beware, some laptops i8k reports  these  fans  in
              reverse order.


       i8k_serial
              If  running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops, displays
              your laptop serial number as listed in /proc/i8k.


       i8k_version
              If running the i8k kernel driver for Inspiron laptops,  displays
              the version formatting of /proc/i8k.


       ibm_fan
              If running the IBM ACPI, displays the fan speed.


       ibm_temps N
              If  running the IBM ACPI, displays the temperatures from the IBM
              temperature sensors (N=0..7) Sensor 0 is on the CPU, 3 is on the
              GPU.


       ibm_volume
              If  running  the  IBM  ACPI,  displays the "master" volume, con-
              trolled by the volume keys (0-14).


       ibm_brightness
              If running the IBM ACPI, displays the brigtness of the laptops's
              LCD (0-7).


       if_empty (var)
              if  conky  variable  VAR  is  empty,  display everything between
              $if_empty and the matching $endif


       if_running (process)
              if PROCESS is running, display everything  $if_running  and  the
              matching $endif


       if_existing file (string)
              if  FILE  exists, display everything between if_existing and the
              matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks  for  FILE
              containing  the  specified  string and prints everything between
              $if_existing and the matching $endif.


       if_mounted (mountpoint)
              if MOUNTPOINT is mounted, display everything between $if_mounted
              and the matching $endif


       if_smapi_bat_installed (INDEX)
              when  using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed,
              display  everything  between  $if_smapi_bat_installed  and   the
              matching $endif


       if_up (interface)
              if INTERFACE exists and is up, display everything between $if_up
              and the matching $endif


       imap_messages (args)
              Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by de-
              fault.  You  can  define  individual  IMAP inboxes seperately by
              passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
              [-i  interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, de-
              fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
              you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.


       imap_unseen (args)
              Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox
              by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
              passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
              [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143,  de-
              fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
              you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.


       kernel Kernel version


       loadavg
              (1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past
              5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.


       machine
              Machine, i686 for example


       mails (mailbox) (interval)
              Mail  count  in the specified mailbox or your mail spool if not.
              Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported. You can  use
              a  program  like  fetchmail  to get mails from some server using
              your favourite protocol. See also new_mails.


       mboxscan (-n number of messages to print) (-fw from width) (-sw subject
       width) mbox
              Print a summary of recent messages in an  mbox  format  mailbox.
              mbox  parameter  is the filename of the mailbox (can be encapsu-
              lated using '"', ie. ${mboxscan -n 10 "/home/brenden/some box"}


       mem    Amount of memory in use


       membar (height),(width)
              Bar that shows amount of memory in use


       memmax Total amount of memory


       memperc
              Percentage of memory in use


       mpd_artist
              Artist in current MPD song must be enabled at compile


       mpd_album
              Album in current MPD song


       mpd_bar (height),(width)
              Bar of mpd's progress


       mpd_bitrate
              Bitrate of current song


       mpd_status
              Playing, stopped, et cetera.


       mpd_title (max length)
              Title of current MPD song


       mpd_vol
              MPD's volume


       mpd_elapsed
              Song's elapsed time


       mpd_length
              Song's length


       mpd_percent
              Percent of song's progress


       mpd_random
              Random status (On/Off)


       mpd_repeat
              Repeat status (On/Off)


       mpd_track
              Prints the MPD track field


       mpd_name
              Prints the MPD name field


       mpd_file
              Prints the file name of the current MPD song


       mpd_smart
              Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
              name, depending on whats available


       new_mails (mailbox) (interval)
              Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not.
              Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.


       nodename
              Hostname


       outlinecolor (color)
              Change outline color


       pb_battery item
              If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on bat-
              tery  status.  The item parameter specifies, what information to
              display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are:

              status: Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharg-
              ing or absent (running on AC)
              percent:  Display  charge  of battery in percent, if charging or
              discharging. Nothing will be  displayed,  if  battery  is  fully
              charged or absent.
              time: Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully
              charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed,  if
              battery  is  absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
              discharging.


       platform (dev) type n
              Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6).  Parameter  dev  may  be
              omitted  if  you have only one platform device. Platform type is
              either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan;  'temp'
              (Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter
              n is number of the  sensor.  See  /sys/bus/platform/devices/  on
              your local computer.


       pop3_unseen (args)
              Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox
              by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by
              passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
              [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110,  de-
              fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
              you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.


       pop3_used (args)
              Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your  global
              POP3  inbox  by  default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes
              seperately by passing arguments to this object.  Arguments  are:
              "host  user  pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default
              port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the  password  is
              supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when
              Conky starts.


       pre_exec shell command
              Executes a shell command one time before conky displays anything
              and puts output as text.


       processes
              Total processes (sleeping and running)


       running_processes
              Running processes (not sleeping), requires Linux 2.6


       shadecolor (color)
              Change shading color


       smapi (ARGS)
              when  using  smapi,  display  contents of the /sys/devices/plat-
              form/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat  (IN-
              DEX)  (FILENAME)'  to  display the corresponding files' content.
              This is a very raw method of accessing the  smapi  values.  When
              available, better use one of the smapi_* variables instead.


       smapi_bat_perc (INDEX)
              when  using  smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of
              the battery with index INDEX. This is a  separate  variable  be-
              cause it supports the 'use_spacer' configuration option.


       smapi_bat_bar (INDEX),(height),(width)
              when  using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery
              with index INDEX as a bar.


       stippled_hr (space)
              Stippled (dashed) horizontal line


       swapbar (height),(width)
              Bar that shows amount of swap in use


       swap   Amount of swap in use


       swapmax
              Total amount of swap


       swapperc
              Percentage of swap in use


       sysname
              System name, Linux for example


       tcp_portmon port_begin port_end item (index) (ip4 only at present)
              TCP port monitor for specified local ports. Port numbers must be
              in the range 1 to 65535. Valid items are:

              count - total number of connections in the range
              rip - remote ip address
              rhost - remote host name
              rport - remote port number
              rservice - remote service name from /etc/services
              lip - local ip address
              lhost - local host name
              lport - local port number
              lservice - local service name from /etc/services

              The connection index provides you with access to each connection
              in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for in-
              dex values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are
              simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index  must
              be omitted. It is required for all other items.

              Examples:
              ${tcp_portmon  6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec-
              tions in the bittorrent port range
              ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of  the
              first sshd connection
              ${tcp_portmon  22 22 rip 9} - displays the remote host ip of the
              tenth sshd connection
              ${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} - displays the remote host name of
              the first connection on a privileged port
              ${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} - displays the remote host port of
              the fifth connection on a privileged port
              ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} - displays the local  service
              name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports

              Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range
              actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin-
              gle port range for different items and different indexes all use
              the same monitor internally. In other words, the program  avoids
              creating redundant monitors.

       texeci interval command
              Runs  a  command at an interval inside a thread and displays the
              output. Same as $execi, except  the  command  is  run  inside  a
              thread.  Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat-
              ing. You should make the interval slightly longer then the  time
              it  takes  your  script  to  execute. For example, if you have a
              script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make  the  in-
              terval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.


       offset (pixels)
              Move text over by N pixels. See also $voffset.


       rss url delay_in_minutes action item_num
              Download  and  parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the follow-
              ing: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with  num
              par) and item_titles.


       tab (width, (start))
              Puts a tab of the specified width, starting from column 'start'.


       tail logfile lines (interval)
              Displays last N lines of supplied text text file. If interval is
              not supplied, Conky assumes 2x Conky's interval. Max of 30 lines
              can be displayed, or until the text buffer is filled.


       time (format)
              Local time, see man strftime to get more information about  for-
              mat


       utime (format)
              Display time in UTC (universal coordinate time).


       tztime (timezone) (format)
              Local  time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more
              information about format. The timezone argument is specified  in
              similar  fashion  as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in
              /usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.


       totaldown net
              Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch  and
              there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has al-
              ready done that before conky has started.


       top type, num
              This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number)  Basically,
              processes  are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us-
              age, which is what (num)  represents.  The  types  are:  "name",
              "pid",  "cpu",  "mem", and "time". There can be a max of 10 pro-
              cesses listed.


       top_mem type, num
              Same as top, except sorted by mem usage instead of cpu


       totalup net
              Total upload, this one too, may overflow


       updates Number of updates
              for debugging


       upspeed net
              Upload speed in kilobytes


       upspeedf net
              Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal


       upspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient  colour
       2) (scale)
              Upload speed graph, colours defined in  hex,  minus  the  #.  If
              scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.


       uptime Uptime


       uptime_short
              Uptime in a shorter format


       user_number
              Number of users logged in


       user_names
              Lists the names of the users logged in


       user_terms
              Lists the consoles in use


       user_times
              Lists how long users have been logged in for


       voffset (pixels)
              Change  vertical  offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
              text to overlap. See also $offset.


       voltage_mv (n)
              Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs  are  counted  from  1.  If
              omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.


       voltage_v (n)
              Returns CPU #n's voltage in V. CPUs are counted from 1. If omit-
              ted, the parameter defaults to 1.


       wireless_essid net
              Wireless access point ESSID (Linux only)


       wireless_mode net
              Wireless mode (Managed/Ad-Hoc/Master) (Linux only)


       wireless_bitrate net
              Wireless bitrate (ie 11 Mb/s) (Linux only)


       wireless_ap net
              Wireless access point MAC address (Linux only)


       wireless_link_qual net
              Wireless link quality (Linux only)


       wireless_link_qual_max net
              Wireless link quality maximum value (Linux only)


       wireless_link_qual_perc net
              Wireless link quality in percents (Linux only)


       wireless_link_bar (height), (width) net
              Wireless link quality bar (Linux only)


       xmms2_artist
              Artist in current XMMS2 song


       xmms2_album
              Album in current XMMS2 song


       xmms2_title
              Title in current XMMS2 song


       xmms2_genre
              Genre in current XMMS2 song


       xmms2_comment
              Comment in current XMMS2 song


       xmms2_decoder
              Decoder plugin used


       xmms2_transport
              Transport plugin used


       xmms2_url
              Full path to current song


       xmms2_tracknr
              Track number in current XMMS2 song


       xmms2_bitrate
              Bitrate of current song


       xmms2_id
              XMMS2 id of current song


       xmms2_duration
              Duration of current song


       xmms2_elapsed
              Song's elapsed time


       xmms2_size
              Size of current song


       xmms2_percent
              Percent of song's progress


       xmms2_status
              XMMS2 status (Playing, Paused, Stopped, or Disconnected)


       xmms2_bar (height),(width)
              Bar of XMMS2's progress


       xmms2_smart
              Prints the song name in either the form "artist - title" or file
              name, depending on whats available


EXAMPLES
       conky -t '${time %D %H:%M}' -o -u 30
              Start Conky in its own window with date and clock as text and 30
              sec update interval.

       conky -a top_left -x 5 -y 500 -d
              Start Conky to background at coordinates (5, 500).

FILES
       ~/.conkyrc default configuration file

BUGS
       Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
       all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
       been reported that it doesn't work with KDE  either.  Nautilus  can  be
       disabled  from  drawing  to  desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
       show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/.  There  is  -w  switch  in
       Conky  to  set  some  specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
       useful to find the window to draw to. You  can  also  use  -o  argument
       which makes Conky to create its own window.

SEE ALSO
       <http://conky.sourceforge.net>

       <http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/conky>

       #conky on irc.freenode.net

AUTHORS
       The Conky dev team. What's up now!



                                  2007-08-08                          conky(1)