NAME

       lxc-destroy - destroy a container.

SYNOPSIS

       lxc-destroy {-n name} [-f] [-s]

DESCRIPTION

       lxc-destroy destroys the system object previously created by the lxc-create command.

OPTIONS

       -f, --force
              If  a  container  is  running, stop it first. If this option is not specified and the container is
              running, then lxc-destroy will be aborted.

       -s, --snapshots
              destroy the specified container including all its snapshots.

COMMON OPTIONS

       These options are common to most of lxc commands.

       -?, -h, --help
              Print a longer usage message than normal.

       --usage
              Give the usage message

       -q, --quiet
              mute on

       -P, --lxcpath=PATH
              Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.

       -o, --logfile=FILE
              Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.

       -l, --logpriority=LEVEL
              Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is ERROR. Possible values are :  FATAL,  CRIT,
              WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG.

              Note  that  this option is setting the priority of the events log in the alternate log file. It do
              not have effect on the ERROR events log on stderr.

       -n, --name=NAME
              Use container identifier NAME.  The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.

       --rcfile=FILE
              Specify the configuration file to configure the virtualization and isolation  functionalities  for
              the container.

              This  configuration  file  if  present  will be used even if there is already a configuration file
              present in the previously created container (via lxc-create).

       --version
              Show the version number.

DIAGNOSTIC

       The container was not found
              The specified container for destruction was not found. It is probable it does not exists  and  was
              already destroyed.You can use the lxc-ls command to list the available containers on the system.

SEE ALSO

       lxc(7),  lxc-create(1),  lxc-copy(1),  lxc-destroy(1),  lxc-start(1),  lxc-stop(1),  lxc-execute(1), lxc-
       console(1), lxc-monitor(1),  lxc-wait(1),  lxc-cgroup(1),  lxc-ls(1),  lxc-info(1),  lxc-freeze(1),  lxc-
       unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)

AUTHOR

       Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>

                                                   2023-05-05                                     lxc-destroy(1)