lxc-wait − wait for a specific container state
lxc-wait {-n name} {-s states}
lxc-wait waits for a specific container state before exiting, this is useful for scripting.
−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.
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.
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.
The container was not found
The specified container was not created before with the lxc-create command.
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)
Daniel Lezcano <[email protected]>