package main import ( "fmt" "os" "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer" "github.com/urfave/cli" ) var startCommand = cli.Command{ Name: "start", Usage: "executes the user defined process in a created container", ArgsUsage: ` [container-id...] Where "" is your name for the instance of the container that you are starting. The name you provide for the container instance must be unique on your host.`, Description: `The start command executes the user defined process in a created container .`, Action: func(context *cli.Context) error { if err := checkArgs(context, 1, minArgs); err != nil { return err } hasError := false factory, err := loadFactory(context) if err != nil { return err } for _, id := range context.Args() { container, err := factory.Load(id) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "container %s does not exist\n", id) hasError = true continue } status, err := container.Status() if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "status for %s: %v\n", id, err) hasError = true continue } switch status { case libcontainer.Created: if err := container.Exec(); err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "start for %s failed: %v\n", id, err) hasError = true } case libcontainer.Stopped: fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "cannot start a container that has run and stopped") hasError = true case libcontainer.Running: fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "cannot start an already running container") hasError = true default: fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "cannot start a container in the %s state\n", status) hasError = true } } if hasError { return fmt.Errorf("one or more of container start failed") } return nil }, }