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Add support for external container

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External containers are containers created outside of Podman.
For example Buildah and CRI-O Containers.

$ buildah from alpine
alpine-working-container
$ buildah run alpine-working-container touch /test
$ podman container exists --external alpine-working-container

$ podman container diff alpine-working-container
C /etc
A /test

Added --external flag to refer to external containers, rather then --storage.

Added --external for podman container exists and modified podman ps to use
--external rather then --storage.  It was felt that --storage would confuse
the user into thinking about changing the storage driver or options.

--storage is still supported through the use of aliases.

Finally podman contianer diff, does not require the --external flag, since it
there is little change of users making the mistake, and would just be a pain
for the user to remember the flag.

podman container exists --external is required because it could fool scripts
that rely on the existance of a Podman container, and there is a potential
for a partial deletion of a container, which could mess up existing users.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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Daniel J Walsh
2020-10-07 15:27:54 -04:00
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podman-container-exists - Check if a container exists in local storage
## SYNOPSIS
**podman container exists** *container*
**podman container exists** [*options*] *container*
## DESCRIPTION
**podman container exists** checks if a container exists in local storage. The **ID** or **Name**
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## OPTIONS
**--external**=*true|false*
Check for external containers as well as Podman containers. These external containers are generally created via other container technology such as Buildah or CRI-O.
**-h**, **--help**
Print usage statement
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1
```
Check if an container called `ubi8-working-container` created via Buildah exists in local storage (the container does not actually exist).
```
$ podman container exists --external ubi8-working-container
$ echo $?
1
```
## SEE ALSO
podman(1)