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)