podman-container-diff(1) General Commands Manual podman-container-diff(1)
NAME
podman-container-diff - Inspect changes on a container's filesystem
SYNOPSIS
podman container diff [options] container [container]
DESCRIPTION
Displays changes on a container's filesystem. The container is compared
to its parent layer or the second argument when given.
The output is prefixed with the following symbols:
┌────────┬────────────────────────────────┐
│ Symbol │ Description │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ A │ A file or directory was added. │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ D │ A file or directory was │
│ │ deleted. │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ C │ A file or directory was │
│ │ changed. │
└────────┴────────────────────────────────┘
OPTIONS
--format
Alter the output into a different format. The only valid format for pod-
man container diff is json.
--latest, -l
Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last created con-
tainer. Note: the last started container can be from other users of
Podman on the host machine. (This option is not available with the re-
mote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines)
EXAMPLE
# podman container diff container1
C /usr
C /usr/local
C /usr/local/bin
A /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
$ podman container diff --format json container1 container2
{
"added": [
"/test"
]
}
SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-container(1)
HISTORY
July 2021, Originally compiled by Paul Holzinger pholzing@redhat.com
⟨mailto:pholzing@redhat.com⟩
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