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Date:      Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:55:12 -0500 (EST)
From:      Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com>
To:        "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: a couple of iocage questions
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.2112160053030.4512@bucksport.safeport.com>
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2021, James B. Byrne wrote:

> On Sun, December 12, 2021 01:56, Doug Denault wrote:
>> I have a few iocage questions. I'm here because there does not appear to be a
>> mailing list for iocage. My first problem: there are commands not documented in
>> the latest versions of the docs that I can find, e.g.
>>
>>    iocage destroy -r release-name
>>
>> works but is not documented anywhere (I have found) other than people talking
>> about issues with the command. So question #1: How to find a full list of
>> command options? And maybe commands?? Other than RTFS
>>
>
> iocage --help
> Usage: iocage [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
>
>  A jail manager.
>
> Options:
>  -v, --version  Display iocage's version and exit.
>  -f, --force    Allow iocage to rename datasets.
>  -D, --debug    Log debug output to the console.
>  --help         Show this message and exit.
>
> Commands:
>  activate    Set a zpool active for iocage usage.
>  chroot      Chroot to a jail.
>  . . .
>
> iocage destroy --help
> Usage: iocage destroy [OPTIONS] [JAILS]...
>
>  Destroy specified jail(s).
>
> Options:
>  -f, --force      Destroy the jail without warnings or more user input.
>  -r, --release    Destroy a specified RELEASE dataset.
>  -R, --recursive  Bypass the children prompt, best used with --force (-f).
>  -d, --download   Destroy the download dataset of the specified RELEASE as
>                   well.
>
>  --help           Show this message and exit.
>
> HTH

Embarrassing. <:( And there it is in section 1.2, Tip ... I really 
appreciate you taking the time to point that out.

_____
Douglas Denault
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doug@safeport.com
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