1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/parse/common.go b/cmd/podman/parse/common.go
index 13f425b6d..b3aa88da2 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/parse/common.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/parse/common.go
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// TODO: the two functions here are almost identical. It may be worth looking
+// into generalizing the two a bit more and share code but time is scarce and
+// we only live once.
+
 // CheckAllLatestAndCIDFile checks that --all and --latest are used correctly.
 // If cidfile is set, also check for the --cidfile flag.
 func CheckAllLatestAndCIDFile(c *cobra.Command, args []string, ignoreArgLen bool, cidfile bool) error {
@@ -55,3 +59,54 @@ func CheckAllLatestAndCIDFile(c *cobra.Command, args []string, ignoreArgLen bool
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// CheckAllLatestAndPodIDFile checks that --all and --latest are used correctly.
+// If withIDFile is set, also check for the --pod-id-file flag.
+func CheckAllLatestAndPodIDFile(c *cobra.Command, args []string, ignoreArgLen bool, withIDFile bool) error {
+	argLen := len(args)
+	if c.Flags().Lookup("all") == nil || c.Flags().Lookup("latest") == nil {
+		if !withIDFile {
+			return errors.New("unable to lookup values for 'latest' or 'all'")
+		} else if c.Flags().Lookup("pod-id-file") == nil {
+			return errors.New("unable to lookup values for 'latest', 'all' or 'pod-id-file'")
+		}
+	}
+
+	specifiedAll, _ := c.Flags().GetBool("all")
+	specifiedLatest, _ := c.Flags().GetBool("latest")
+	specifiedPodIDFile := false
+	if pid, _ := c.Flags().GetStringArray("pod-id-file"); len(pid) > 0 {
+		specifiedPodIDFile = true
+	}
+
+	if specifiedPodIDFile && (specifiedAll || specifiedLatest) {
+		return errors.Errorf("--all, --latest and --pod-id-file cannot be used together")
+	} else if specifiedAll && specifiedLatest {
+		return errors.Errorf("--all and --latest cannot be used together")
+	}
+
+	if (argLen > 0) && specifiedAll {
+		return errors.Errorf("no arguments are needed with --all")
+	}
+
+	if ignoreArgLen {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if argLen > 0 {
+		if specifiedLatest {
+			return errors.Errorf("no arguments are needed with --latest")
+		} else if withIDFile && (specifiedLatest || specifiedPodIDFile) {
+			return errors.Errorf("no arguments are needed with --latest or --pod-id-file")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if specifiedPodIDFile {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if argLen < 1 && !specifiedAll && !specifiedLatest && !specifiedPodIDFile {
+		return errors.Errorf("you must provide at least one name or id")
+	}
+	return nil
+}