[lxc-devel] lxc-execute and lxc-ls

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Purcareata Bogdan-B43198 (B43198 at freescale.com):
> Hello,
> 
> Should lxc-ls list containers created with lxc-execute as well?
> 
> E.g. when running "lxc-execute -n ctx1 /bin/bash", you may run "lxc-info -n ctx1" and it will output
> 
> state:   RUNNING
> pid:      4063
> 
> but when issuing "lxc-ls", nothing will be printed. Is this normal? I noticed that the container is
> present when issuing "lxc-ls --active".
> 
> So lxc-ls (with no params) lists only the containers created with lxc-create, while "lxc-ls --active"
> lists both containers created with lxc-create (that are running) and those created with lxc-execute?

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I think it's expected.  I'm not sure what people would prefer.  A patch
to always also list non-persistent active containers would in my opinion
be good.  (For that matter, a patch to add a 'persistent' column to the
fancy output would be interesting too).