CGSET

Section: libcgroup Manual (1)
Updated: 2009-03-15
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NAME

cgset - set the parameters of given cgroup(s)

 

SYNOPSIS

cgset [-r <name=value>] <cgroup_path> ...
cgset --copy-from <source_cgroup_path> <cgroup_path> ...

 

DESCRIPTION

Set the parameters of input cgroups.

<path>
is the name of the cgroup which should be changed. This parameter can be used multiple times.

-r <name=value>
defines the name of the file to set and the value which should be written to that file. This parameter can be used multiple times.

--copy-from <source_cgroup_path>
defines the name of the cgroup whose parameters will be copied to the input cgroup.

 

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

CGROUP_LOGLEVEL
controls verbosity of the tool. Allowed values are DEBUG, INFO, WARNING or ERROR.

 

EXAMPLES

cgset -r cpuset.cpus=0-1 student
set variable cpus in control group student (controller cpuset) to 0-1

cgset --copy-from group1/ group2/
copy all parameters of group group1 to group group2 (for all path where both cgroups are defined)

 

SEE ALSO

cgrules.conf (1), cgcreate (1), cgget (1)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO