Moin Svein-Erik,

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:30:02AM +0000, Svein-Erik Lund wrote:
> Is it possible to make lxc-create to ignore the fact that the folder for the 
> container already exists?
> 
> My problem is that for different reasons want to have each and every 
> container in its own filesystem.
> 
> If I create a logical volume, and mount it at /var/lib/lxc/<hostname> 
> "lxc-create -n <hostname>" will say that the container already exists. For me 
> this is a bit of a problem. any suggestions?
> 

lxc-create is a Shellscript, so 
less $(which lxc-create) is going to lead you to 

if [ -d "$lxc_path/$lxc_name" ]; then
    echo "'$lxc_name' already exists"
    exit 1
fi

Comment it as a quick-win. But changing it to check if the dir is empty instead 
could be a nicer approach.

Regards
Erkan





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