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<refentrytitle>lxc-shutdown</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

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<refname>lxc-shutdown</refname>

<refpurpose>

externally shut down or reboot a container

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<command>lxc-shutdown</command>

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

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

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

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<title>Description</title>

<para>

<command>lxc-shutdown</command> sends a SIGPWR signal to the

specified container to request it to cleanly shut down. If

<optional>-w</optional> is specified, then <command>lxc-shutdown</command>

will wait until the container has shut down before exiting.

If <optional>-r</optional> is specified, the container will be

asked to reboot (using a SIGINT signal), and <optional>-w</optional>

will be ignored. If the container ignore these signals, then

nothing will happen. In that case, you can use <command>lxc-stop</command>

to force the container to stop.

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<title>Author</title>

<para>Serge Hallyn <email>serge.hallyn@canonical.com</email></para>

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