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, 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.

       --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)

AUTHOR

       Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>

                                            2019-04-09                                lxc-wait(1)