lxc-wait1
Wait for a specific container state
Usage
lxc-wait -n
name
-s
states
Overview
lxc-wait waits for a specific container state before exiting, this is useful for scripting.
Options
- FC-s, --state F[0]states
-
Specify the container state(s) to wait for. The container states can be ORed to specify several states.
- FC-t, --timeout F[0]timeout
-
Wait timeout seconds for desired state to be reached.
Options
These options are common to most of lxc commands.
- FC-?, -h, --helpF[0]
-
Print a longer usage message than normal.
- FC
--usageF[0] -
Give the usage message
- FC-q, --quietF[0]
-
mute on
- FC-P, --lxcpath=F[0]PATH
-
Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
- FC-o, --logfile=F[0]FILE
-
Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.
- FC-l, --logpriority=F[0]LEVEL
-
Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is FCERRORF[0]. Possible values are : FCFATALF[0], FCALERTF[0], FCCRITF[0], FCWARNF[0], FCERRORF[0], FCNOTICEF[0], FCINFOF[0], FCDEBUGF[0], FCTRACEF[0].
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.
- FC-n, --name=F[0]NAME
-
Use container identifier NAME. The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.
- FC
--rcfile=F[0]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).
- FC
--versionF[0] -
Show the version number.
Examples
lxc-wait -n foo -s RUNNING
|
exits when 'RUNNING' is reached. |
|---|---|
lxc-wait -n foo -s 'RUNNING|STOPPED'
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exits when 'RUNNING' or 'STOPPED' state is reached. |
Diagnostic
- The container was not found
-
The specified container was not created before with the
lxc-createcommand.
Releases
9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 8 times.
--help until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--logfile until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--logpriority until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--name until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--quiet until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--usage until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-? until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-h until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-l until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-n until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-o until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-q until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-s until Debian 7 (Wheezy).