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<docinfo><date>@LXC_GENERATE_DATE@</date></docinfo>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>lxc-stop</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>lxc-stop</refname>

<refpurpose>

stop the application running inside a container

</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>lxc-stop</command>

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

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>

<command>lxc-stop</command> kills all the processes inside the

container. This command should be used if the processes are no

longer accessible and can no be exited normally.

</para>

</refsect1>

&commonoptions;

<refsect1>

<title>Diagnostic</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>The container is busy</term>

<listitem>

<para>

The specified container is already running an

application. You should stop it before reuse this

container or create a new one.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>The container was not found</term>

<listitem>

<para>

The specified container was not created before with

the <command>lxc-create</command> command.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

&seealso;

<refsect1>

<title>Author</title>

<para>Daniel Lezcano <email>daniel.lezcano@free.fr</email></para>

</refsect1>

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