NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | COMMON OPTIONS | EXAMPLES | DIAGNOSTIC | SEE ALSO | AUTHOR | COLOPHON

LXC-WAIT(1)                                                      LXC-WAIT(1)

NAME         top

       lxc-wait - wait for a specific container state

SYNOPSIS         top

       lxc-wait -n name -s states

DESCRIPTION         top

       lxc-wait waits for a specific container state before exiting, this is
       useful for scripting.

OPTIONS         top

       -s, --state states
              Specify the container state(s) to wait for. The container
              states can be ORed to specify several states.
       -t, --timeout timeout
              Wait timeout seconds for desired state to be reached.

COMMON OPTIONS         top

       These options are common to most of lxc commands.
       -?, -h, --help
              Print a longer usage message than normal.
       --usage
              Give the usage message
       -q, --quiet
              mute on
       -P, --lxcpath=PATH
              Use an alternate container path. The default is
              /usr/local/var/lib/lxc.
       -o, --logfile=FILE
              Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.
       -l, --logpriority=LEVEL
              Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is ERROR.
              Possible values are : FATAL, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO,
              DEBUG.
              Note that this option is setting the priority of the events
              log in the alternate log file. It do not have effect on the
              ERROR events log on stderr.
       -n, --name=NAME
              Use container identifier NAME.  The container identifier
              format is an alphanumeric string.
       --rcfile=FILE
              Specify the configuration file to configure the virtualization
              and isolation functionalities for the container.
              This configuration file if present will be used even if there
              is already a configuration file present in the previously
              created container (via lxc-create).
       --version
              Show the version number.

EXAMPLES         top

       lxc-wait -n foo -s RUNNING
              exits when 'RUNNING' is reached.
       lxc-wait -n foo -s 'RUNNING|STOPPED'
              exits when 'RUNNING' or 'STOPPED' state is reached.

DIAGNOSTIC         top

       The container was not found
              The specified container was not created before with the lxc-
              create command.

SEE ALSO         top

       lxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-copy(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1),
       lxc-stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1),
       lxc-wait(1), lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1),
       lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)

AUTHOR         top

       Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the lxc (Linux containers) project.  Information
       about the project can be found at ⟨http://linuxcontainers.org/⟩.  If
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                                 2017-07-05                      LXC-WAIT(1)

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