lxc-destroy(1)

NAME
lxc-destroy - destroy a container.

SYNOPSIS
lxc-destroy
{-n name} [-f] [-s]

DESCRIPTION
lxc-destroy destroys the system object previously created by the lxc-create command.

OPTIONS

\FC-f, --force\F[]
    If a container is running, stop it first. If this option is not specified and the container is running, then lxc-destroy will be aborted.

\FC-s, --snapshots\F[]
    destroy the specified container including all its snapshots.

COMMON OPTIONS
These options are common to most of lxc commands.

\FC-?, -h, --help\F[]
    Print a longer usage message than normal.

\FC--usage\F[]
    Give the usage message

\FC-q, --quiet\F[]
    mute on

\FC-P, --lxcpath=\F[]PATH
    Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.

\FC-o, --logfile=\F[]FILE
    Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.

\FC-l, --logpriority=\F[]LEVEL
    Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is \FCERROR\F[]. Possible values are : \FCFATAL\F[], \FCALERT\F[], \FCCRIT\F[], \FCWARN\F[], \FCERROR\F[], \FCNOTICE\F[], \FCINFO\F[], \FCDEBUG\F[], \FCTRACE\F[]. Note that this option is setting the priority of the events log in the alternate log file. It do not have effect on the ERROR events log on stderr.

\FC-n, --name=\F[]NAME
    Use container identifier NAME. The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.

\FC--rcfile=\F[]FILE
    Specify the configuration file to configure the virtualization and isolation functionalities for the container. This configuration file if present will be used even if there is already a configuration file present in the previously created container (via lxc-create).

\FC--version\F[]
    Show the version number.

DIAGNOSTIC

The container was not found
    The specified container for destruction was not found. It is probable it does not exists and was already destroyed.You can use the lxc-ls command to list the available containers on the system.

SEE ALSO
lxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-copy(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-wait(1), lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)