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NAME
docker-container-pause - Pause all processes within one or more con-
tainers
SYNOPSIS
docker container pause CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
DESCRIPTION
The docker container pause command suspends all processes in the speci-
fied containers. On Linux, this uses the freezer cgroup. Tradition-
ally, when suspending a process the SIGSTOP signal is used, which is
observable by the process being suspended. With the freezer cgroup the
process is unaware, and unable to capture, that it is being suspended,
and subsequently resumed. On Windows, only Hyper-V containers can be
paused.
See the freezer cgroup documentation ⟨https://www.kernel.org/doc/Docu-
mentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt⟩ for further details.
docker-container-unpause(1) to unpause all processes within a con-
tainer.
SEE ALSO
docker-container(1)
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