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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 states
              Specify the container state(s) to wait for. The container states
              can be ORed to specify several states.

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

       -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.

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(1),  lxc-create(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc-
       execute(1), lxc-kill(1), lxc-console(1),  lxc-monitor(1),  lxc-wait(1),
       lxc-cgroup(1),  lxc-ls(1),  lxc-ps(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-
       unfreeze(1), lxc.conf(5)

AUTHOR

       Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>

                                 26 July 2010