package main import ( "errors" "fmt" "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: ` 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, exactArgs); err != nil { return err } container, err := getContainer(context) if err != nil { return err } status, err := container.Status() if err != nil { return err } switch status { case libcontainer.Created: return container.Exec() case libcontainer.Stopped: return errors.New("cannot start a container that has stopped") case libcontainer.Running: return errors.New("cannot start an already running container") default: return fmt.Errorf("cannot start a container in the %s state\n", status) } }, }