1podman-init(1) General Commands Manual podman-init(1)
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6 podman-init - Initialize one or more containers
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10 podman init [options] container [container...]
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13 podman container init [options] container [container...]
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17 Initialize one or more containers. You may use container IDs or names
18 as input. Initializing a container performs all tasks necessary for
19 starting the container (mounting filesystems, creating an OCI spec,
20 initializing the container network) but does not start the container.
21 If a container is not initialized, the podman start and podman run com‐
22 mands initialize it automatically prior to starting it. This command
23 is intended to be used for inspecting a container's filesystem or OCI
24 spec prior to starting it. This can be used to inspect the container
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30 Initialize all containers. Containers that have already initialized
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36 Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last created
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70 April 2019, Originally compiled by Matthew Heon mheon@redhat.com
71 ⟨mailto:mheon@redhat.com⟩
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