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// only as experimental as this point. The endpoints, parameters, inputs, and
// return values can all change.
//
+// To start the service and keep it running for 5,000 seconds (-t 0 runs forever):
+// podman system service -t 5000 &
+//
+// You can then use cURL on the socket using requests documented below.
+//
+// NOTE: if you install the package podman-docker, it will create a symbolic
+// link for /var/run/docker.sock to /run/podman/podman.sock
+//
+// See podman-service(1) for more information.
+//
+// Quick Examples:
+// 'podman info'
+// curl --unix-socket /run/podman/podman.sock http://d/v1.0.0/libpod/info
+// 'podman pull quay.io/containers/podman'
+// curl -XPOST --unix-socket /run/podman/podman.sock -v 'http://d/v1.0.0/images/create?fromImage=quay.io%2Fcontainers%2Fpodman'
+// 'podman list images'
+// curl --unix-socket /run/podman/podman.sock -v 'http://d/v1.0.0/libpod/images/json' | jq
+//
// Terms Of Service:
//
// Schemes: http, https