apptainer-checkpoint-instance

apptainer checkpoint instance

The checkpoint instance command checkpoints an active instance by name. The instance must
have been started with either --dmtcp-launch or --dmtcp-restart.

-h, --help[=false] help for instance

-H, --home="/home/buildd" a home directory specification. spec can either be a src path or src:dest pair. src is the source path of the home directory outside the container and dest overrides the home directory within the container.

  To checkpoint an instance:
  $ apptainer checkpoint instance example-instance

apptainer-checkpoint(1)

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