How to see how full my battery is?

[W.Kenworthy]

On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 18:20 +0300, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> kazaam <kazaam at oleco.net> writes:
> > There's some symbol in the try looking a bit like a black battery
> > with a lightning symbol in it. Is this meaning it's loading? And
> > where do I see how full it is? I tried acpi -v in the terminal but
> > it seems openmoko is running without acpi.
> 
> Try "apm" to see current charge and "cat
> /sys/devices/platform/bq2700-battery.0/power_supply/bat/current_now"
> to see power consumption.
> 
What units is this in? - I get a slightly varying "505500"

BillK