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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md | 12 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md index 08b1db9ba..1ac5a3951 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md @@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Write the container ID to the file #### **\-\-conmon-pidfile**=*path* Write the pid of the `conmon` process to a file. `conmon` runs in a separate process than Podman, so this is necessary when using systemd to restart Podman containers. +(This option is not available with the remote Podman client) #### **\-\-cpu-period**=*limit* @@ -1226,9 +1227,15 @@ can override the working directory by using the **-w** option. #### **\-\-pidfile**=*path* -Write the pid of the container process to a file. +When the pidfile location is specified, the container process' PID will be written to the pidfile. (This option is not available with the remote Podman client) +After the container is started, the location for the pidfile can be discovered with the following `podman inspect` command: -The default pidfile is RunDir/pidfile. + $ podman inspect --format '{{ .Config.CreateCommand }}' $CID + podman run --pidfile $pidfilepath image + +If the pidfile option is not specified, the container process' PID will be written to +/run/containers/storage/${storage-driver}-containers/$CID/userdata/pidfile. +The default pidfile location is not listed in the `podman inspect` output. ## EXAMPLES diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md index 1fa6ede06..5285d9608 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md @@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ Write the container ID to *file*. #### **\-\-conmon-pidfile**=*file* Write the pid of the **conmon** process to a file. As **conmon** runs in a separate process than Podman, this is necessary when using systemd to restart Podman containers. +(This option is not available with the remote Podman client) #### **\-\-cpu-period**=*limit* @@ -1307,9 +1308,16 @@ can override the working directory by using the **-w** option. #### **\-\-pidfile**=*path* -Write the pid of the container process to a file. +When the pidfile location is specified, the container process' PID will be written to the pidfile. (This option is not available with the remote Podman client) +After the container is started, the location for the pidfile can be discovered with the following `podman inspect` command: + + $ podman inspect --format '{{ .Config.CreateCommand }}' $CID + podman run --pidfile $pidfilepath image + +If the pidfile option is not specified, the container process' PID will be written to +/run/containers/storage/${storage-driver}-containers/$CID/userdata/pidfile. +The default pidfile location is not listed in the `podman inspect` output. -The default pidfile is RunDir/pidfile. ## Exit Status |