lxc-wait

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 states

Specify the container state(s) to wait for. The container states can be ORed to specify several states.

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

-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.

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

Author

Daniel Lezcano