1podman-container-diff(1)    General Commands Manual   podman-container-diff(1)
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NAME

6       podman-container-diff - Inspect changes on a container's filesystem
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman container diff [options] container [container]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Displays  changes  on  a  container's filesystem. The container will be
15       compared to its parent layer or the second argument when given.
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18       The output is prefixed with the following symbols:
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21       ┌───────┬────────────────────────────────┐
22       │Symbol │ Description                    │
23       ├───────┼────────────────────────────────┤
24       │A      │ A file or directory was added. │
25       ├───────┼────────────────────────────────┤
26       │D      │ A  file   or   directory   was │
27       │       │ deleted.                       │
28       ├───────┼────────────────────────────────┤
29       │C      │ A   file   or   directory  was │
30       │       │ changed.                       │
31       └───────┴────────────────────────────────┘
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OPTIONS

34   --format
35       Alter the output into a different format. The  only  valid  format  for
36       podman container diff is json.
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40       Instead  of  providing  the  container name or ID, use the last created
41       container. If you use methods other than Podman to run containers  such
42       as  CRI-O,  the  last  started  container could be from either of those
43       methods. (This option is not available with the remote  Podman  client,
44       including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines)
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EXAMPLE

48              # podman container diff container1
49              C /usr
50              C /usr/local
51              C /usr/local/bin
52              A /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
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56              $ podman container diff --format json container1 container2
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59                        "/test"
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SEE ALSO

66       podman(1), podman-container(1)
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HISTORY

70       July  2021,  Originally  compiled by Paul Holzinger pholzing@redhat.com
71       ⟨mailto:pholzing@redhat.com⟩
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