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, ALERT, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG, TRACE.

              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>

                                            2024-01-24                             lxc-destroy(1)