runc-pause(8)

runc-pause8

Suspend all processes inside the container

Usage

runc pause container-id

Overview

The pause command suspends all processes in the instance of the container identified by container-id.

Use runc list to identify instances of containers and their current status.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 9–10
  2. 11
  3. 12–13
  4. Arch

From runc 1.5.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.