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,  ALERT,
              CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG, TRACE.

              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-con‐
       sole(1),  lxc-monitor(1),  lxc-wait(1),  lxc-cgroup(1),  lxc-ls(1),  lxc-info(1),  lxc-freeze(1), lxc-un‐
       freeze(1), lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)

                                                   2025-05-10                                        lxc-wait(1)