clarify container prune --force

the --force parameter should only be used for the CLI and should only
dictate whether to prompt the user for confirmation.

Fixes: #4844
Signed-off-by: baude <bbaude@redhat.com>

5 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers_prune.go b/cmd/podman/containers_prune.go
index 78c50268c..368ccdf2c 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers_prune.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers_prune.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func init() {
 	pruneContainersCommand.SetHelpTemplate(HelpTemplate())
 	pruneContainersCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
 	flags := pruneContainersCommand.Flags()
-	flags.BoolVarP(&pruneContainersCommand.Force, "force", "f", false, "Force removal of a running container.  The default is false")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&pruneContainersCommand.Force, "force", "f", false, "Skip interactive prompt for container removal")
 	flags.StringArrayVar(&pruneContainersCommand.Filter, "filter", []string{}, "Provide filter values (e.g. 'until=<timestamp>')")
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] `)
 	if c.GlobalIsSet("max-workers") {
 		maxWorkers = c.GlobalFlags.MaxWorks
 	}
-	ok, failures, err := runtime.Prune(getContext(), maxWorkers, c.Force, c.Filter)
+	ok, failures, err := runtime.Prune(getContext(), maxWorkers, c.Filter)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Cause(err) == define.ErrNoSuchCtr {
 			if len(c.InputArgs) > 1 {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system_prune.go b/cmd/podman/system_prune.go
index 74fdcde99..28f22d33f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system_prune.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system_prune.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] `, volumeString)
 
 	rmWorkers := shared.Parallelize("rm")
 	fmt.Println("Deleted Containers")
-	ok, failures, err = runtime.Prune(ctx, rmWorkers, false, []string{})
+	ok, failures, err = runtime.Prune(ctx, rmWorkers, []string{})
 	if err != nil {
 		if lasterr != nil {
 			logrus.Errorf("%q", err)
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-prune.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-prune.1.md
index 856843a80..eaecee304 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-prune.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-prune.1.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ podman-container-prune - Remove all stopped containers from local storage
 
 ## OPTIONS
 
+**--force**, **-f**
+Do not provide an interactive prompt for container removal.
+
 **-h**, **--help**
 
 Print usage statement
diff --git a/pkg/adapter/containers.go b/pkg/adapter/containers.go
index 3334e9fa1..c2206caad 100644
--- a/pkg/adapter/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/adapter/containers.go
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ func (r *LocalRuntime) ExecContainer(ctx context.Context, cli *cliconfig.ExecVal
 }
 
 // Prune removes stopped containers
-func (r *LocalRuntime) Prune(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, force bool, filters []string) ([]string, map[string]error, error) {
+func (r *LocalRuntime) Prune(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, filters []string) ([]string, map[string]error, error) {
 	var (
 		ok         = []string{}
 		failures   = map[string]error{}
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ func (r *LocalRuntime) Prune(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, force bool, fi
 		pool.Add(shared.Job{
 			ID: ctr.ID(),
 			Fn: func() error {
-				err := r.Runtime.RemoveContainer(ctx, ctr, force, false)
+				err := r.Runtime.RemoveContainer(ctx, ctr, false, false)
 				if err != nil {
 					logrus.Debugf("Failed to prune container %s: %s", ctr.ID(), err.Error())
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/adapter/containers_remote.go b/pkg/adapter/containers_remote.go
index 36db4af68..60ee3cb2d 100644
--- a/pkg/adapter/containers_remote.go
+++ b/pkg/adapter/containers_remote.go
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ func (r *LocalRuntime) Top(cli *cliconfig.TopValues) ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 // Prune removes stopped containers
-func (r *LocalRuntime) Prune(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, force bool, filter []string) ([]string, map[string]error, error) {
+func (r *LocalRuntime) Prune(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, filter []string) ([]string, map[string]error, error) {
 
 	var (
 		ok       = []string{}