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.TH "LXC-WAIT" "1" "Mon Dec 16 11:31:06 UTC 2013" "" ""

.SH NAME
lxc-wait \- wait for a specific container state
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBlxc-wait \fI-n name\fB
\fI-s states\fB
\fR

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBlxc-wait\fR waits for a specific container state
before exiting, this is useful for scripting.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\fB   -s \fIstates\fB \fR
Specify the container state(s) to wait for. The container
states can be ORed to specify several states.
.SH "COMMON OPTIONS"
.PP
These options are common to most of lxc commands.
.TP
\fB-?, -h, --help\fR
Print a longer usage message than normal.
.TP
\fB--usage\fR
Give the usage message
.TP
\fB-q, --quiet\fR
mute on
.TP
\fB-o, --logfile=\fIFILE\fB\fR
Output to an alternate log
\fIFILE\fR\&. The default is no log.
.TP
\fB-l, --logpriority=\fILEVEL\fB\fR
Set log priority to
\fILEVEL\fR\&. 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.
.TP
\fB-n, --name=\fINAME\fB\fR
Use container identifier \fINAME\fR\&.
The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.TP
\fBlxc-wait -n foo -s RUNNING\fR
exits when 'RUNNING' is reached.
.TP
\fBlxc-wait -n foo -s 'RUNNING|STOPPED'\fR
exits when 'RUNNING' or 'STOPPED' state is reached.
.SH "DIAGNOSTIC"
.TP
\fBThe container was not found\fR
The specified container was not created before with
the \fBlxc-create\fR command.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBlxc\fR(1),
\fBlxc-create\fR(1),
\fBlxc-destroy\fR(1),
\fBlxc-start\fR(1),
\fBlxc-stop\fR(1),
\fBlxc-execute\fR(1),
\fBlxc-kill\fR(1),
\fBlxc-console\fR(1),
\fBlxc-monitor\fR(1),
\fBlxc-wait\fR(1),
\fBlxc-cgroup\fR(1),
\fBlxc-ls\fR(1),
\fBlxc-ps\fR(1),
\fBlxc-info\fR(1),
\fBlxc-freeze\fR(1),
\fBlxc-unfreeze\fR(1),
\fBlxc-attach\fR(1),
\fBlxc.conf\fR(5)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>