lxc-wait (1)
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, 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
- 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 <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>