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diff --git a/cmd/podman/run.go b/cmd/podman/run.go
index 53b7083e3..523b973fb 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/run.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/run.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ func runCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
}
if c.String("cidfile") != "" {
+ if _, err := os.Stat(c.String("cidfile")); err == nil {
+ return errors.Errorf("container id file exists. ensure another container is not using it or delete %s", c.String("cidfile"))
+ }
if err := libpod.WriteFile("", c.String("cidfile")); err != nil {
return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to write cidfile %s", c.String("cidfile"))
}