local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
# rainchecks
+ # when using with the -i option, checking that $lxc_root is void
+ # is a little too much stress..
almost_empty $lxc_root || \
{ echo "container $lxc already exists in $lxc_root - exiting" ; exit 1 ; }
virsh -c lxc:/// domuuid $lxc >& /dev/null && \
# if IMAGE, copy the provided rootfs to lxc_root
if [ -n "$IMAGE" ] ; then
- [ ! -d "$IMAGE" ] && \
- { echo "$IMAGE rootfs folder does not exist - exiting" ; exit 1 ; }
- rsync -a $IMAGE/ $lxc_root/
+ if [ ! -d "$IMAGE" ]; then
+ echo "$IMAGE rootfs folder does not exist - exiting"
+ exit 1
+ else
+ echo "Copying $IMAGE into $lxc_root with rsync --archive --delete"
+ rsync --archive --delete $IMAGE/ $lxc_root/
+ fi
fi
# check we've exhausted the arguments