3 lxc: linux Container library
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8 Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano at fr.ibm.com>
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36 <refentrytitle>lxc-start</refentrytitle>
37 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
41 <refname>lxc-start</refname>
44 run an application inside a container.
50 <command>lxc-start <replaceable>-n name</replaceable>
51 <optional>command</optional>
57 <title>Description</title>
60 <command>lxc-start</command> runs the specified command inside
61 the container specified by name. It will setup the container
62 according with the configuration defined previously with the
63 lxc-create command and execute the command inside the
64 container. The orphan process group and daemon are not supported
67 If no command is specified, <command>lxc-start</command> will
69 <command>"/sbin/init"</command> command to run a system
77 <title>Options</title>
82 <option>-n <replaceable>name</replaceable></option>
86 Specify the container name to be started.
96 <title>Diagnostic</title>
101 <term>The container is busy</term>
104 The specified container is already running an
105 application. You should stop it before reuse this
106 container or create a new one.
112 <term>The container was not found</term>
115 The specified container was not created before with
116 the <command>lxc-create</command>
129 <title>Author</title>
130 <para>Daniel Lezcano <email>daniel.lezcano@free.fr</email></para>
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