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.TH lxc-freeze 1 2025-08-26 "" ""
.SH NAME
lxc-freeze \- freeze all the container's processes 
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBlxc-freeze\fR freezes all the processes running
inside the container. The processes will be blocked until they
are explicitly thawed by the \fBlxc-unfreeze\fR
command. This command is useful for batch managers to schedule a
group of processes.
.SH "COMMON OPTIONS"
These options are common to most of lxc commands.
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-?, \-h, \-\-help\fR\*(T>
Print a longer usage message than normal.
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-usage\fR\*(T>
Give the usage message
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-q, \-\-quiet\fR\*(T>
mute on
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-P, \-\-lxcpath=\fR\*(T>\fIPATH\fR
Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-o, \-\-logfile=\fR\*(T>\fIFILE\fR
Output to an alternate log
\fIFILE\fR. The default is no log.
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-l, \-\-logpriority=\fR\*(T>\fILEVEL\fR
Set log priority to
\fILEVEL\fR. The default log
priority is \*(T<ERROR\*(T>. Possible values are :
\*(T<FATAL\*(T>, \*(T<ALERT\*(T>,
\*(T<CRIT\*(T>,
\*(T<WARN\*(T>, \*(T<ERROR\*(T>,
\*(T<NOTICE\*(T>, \*(T<INFO\*(T>,
\*(T<DEBUG\*(T>, \*(T<TRACE\*(T>.

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.
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-n, \-\-name=\fR\*(T>\fINAME\fR
Use container identifier \fINAME\fR.
The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-rcfile=\fR\*(T>\fIFILE\fR
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).
.TP 
\*(T<\fB\-\-version\fR\*(T>
Show the version number.
.SH DIAGNOSTIC
.TP 
The container was not found
The specified container was not created before with
the \fBlxc-create\fR command.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBlxc\fR(7),
\fBlxc-create\fR(1),
\fBlxc-copy\fR(1),
\fBlxc-destroy\fR(1),
\fBlxc-start\fR(1),
\fBlxc-stop\fR(1),
\fBlxc-execute\fR(1),
\fBlxc-console\fR(1),
\fBlxc-monitor\fR(1),
\fBlxc-wait\fR(1),
\fBlxc-cgroup\fR(1),
\fBlxc-ls\fR(1),
\fBlxc-info\fR(1),
\fBlxc-freeze\fR(1),
\fBlxc-unfreeze\fR(1),
\fBlxc-attach\fR(1),
\fBlxc.conf\fR(5)
