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NAME
       docker-container-pause - Pause all processes within one or more containers

SYNOPSIS
       docker container pause CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

DESCRIPTION
       The  docker  container  pause  command  suspends all processes in the specified containers.  On Linux, this uses the freezer
       cgroup. Traditionally, when suspending a process the SIGSTOP signal is used, which is observable by the process  being  sus‐
       pended.  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/Documentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt⟩ for  further
       details.

       docker-container-unpause(1) to unpause all processes within a container.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help[=false]      help for pause

SEE ALSO
       docker-container(1)

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