get_running_dockers: Get running docker containers
Description Usage Arguments Details Value Warning
Description
Functions uses system to see what docker containers are running and
returns running containers as a data frame.
It throws an Error if docker is not installed or docker deamon is not running (incl informative message).
Usage
1 | get_running_dockers(format.string = "table {{.Names}},{{.Image}},{{.ID}},{{.Ports}}")
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Arguments
format.string |
the formatting string passed to |
Details
The output is generated by runing `docker ps --format '...'` in the shell.
Hence, a function call throws an Error if either
(i) operating system is Windows,
(ii) docker is not installed on system, or
(iii) the docker deamon is not running.
Value
A data frame with columns as defined by format.string,
i.e. 'names', 'image', 'container_id', and 'ports' for the default formatting string.
Each row representes one running container (hence, 0 rows if no container is running).
Warning
Currently implemented for Mac OSX/Unix/Linux only.
