lxc-wait - wait for a specific container state

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NAME

lxc-wait − wait for a specific container state

SYNOPSIS

lxc-wait {-n name} {-s states}

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

−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

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 /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, ALERT, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG, TRACE.

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

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

The container was not found

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

SEE ALSO

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

Daniel Lezcano <[email protected]>


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