moby--moby/docs/man/docker-start.1.md

% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % William Henry % APRIL 2014

NAME

docker-start - Restart a stopped container

SYNOPSIS

docker start [a|--attach[=false]] [-i|--interactive [=true] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

DESCRIPTION

Start a stopped container.

OPTION

-a, --attach=true|false When true attach to container's stdout/stderr and forward all signals to the process

-i, --interactive=true|false When true attach to container's stdin

NOTES

If run on a started container, start takes no action and succeeds unconditionally.

HISTORY

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.io source material and internal work.