package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "github.com/codegangsta/cli" "github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/libcontainer" ) var specCommand = cli.Command{ Name: "spec", Usage: "display the container specification", Action: specAction, } func specAction(context *cli.Context) { container, err := loadContainer() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } spec, err := getContainerSpec(container) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Failed to get spec - %v\n", err) } fmt.Printf("Spec:\n%v\n", spec) } // returns the container spec in json format. func getContainerSpec(container *libcontainer.Container) (string, error) { spec, err := json.MarshalIndent(container, "", "\t") if err != nil { return "", err } return string(spec), nil }