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lxc-wait(1) lxc-wait(1)

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.

Specify the container state(s) to wait for. The container states can be ORed to specify several states.
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.
Give the usage message
mute on
Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.
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.

Use container identifier NAME. The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.
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).

Show the version number.

exits when 'RUNNING' is reached.
exits when 'RUNNING' or 'STOPPED' state is reached.

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 <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>

2023-02-19