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

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>lxc-device</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>lxc-device</refname>

    <refpurpose>
      manage devices 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>-h</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            The full command help message.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-n, --name=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></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>
</refentry>

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