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<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>lxc-device</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>lxc-device</refname>

<refpurpose>

manage deices of running containers

</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>lxc-device</command>

<arg choice="opt">-h</arg>

<arg choice="opt">-n <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>

<arg choice="opt">add</arg>

<arg choice="opt">DEVICE</arg>

<arg choice="opt">NAME</arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>

<command>lxc-device</command> manages devices in running container.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>-h</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

The full command help message.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>-n</option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

The name of the target container.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>action</option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

What action to perform. Only 'add' is supported at this point.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>DEVICE</option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

The device to add to the container.

It can either be the path to a device under /dev or a network

interface name.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option><optional>NAME</optional></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Name for the device within the container.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Examples</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>lxc-device -n p1 add /dev/video0</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Creates a /dev/video0 device in container p1 based on the matching

device on the host.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>lxc-device -n p1 add eth0 eth1</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Moves eth0 from the host as eth1 in p1.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

&seealso;

<refsect1>

<title>Author</title>

<para>Stéphane Graber <email>stgraber@ubuntu.com</email></para>

</refsect1>

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