cgset (1) Linux Manual Page
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)