buildah-manifest-exists(1)

buildah-manifest-exists1

Check if the given manifest list exists in local storage

Usage

buildah manifest exists manifest

Overview

buildah manifest exists checks if a manifest list exists in local storage. Buildah will return an exit code of 0 when the manifest list is found. A 1 will be returned otherwise. An exit code of 125 indicates there was another issue.

Options

--help, -h

Print usage statement.

Examples

Check if a manifest list called list1 exists (the manifest list does actually exist).

$ buildah manifest exists list1
$ echo $?
0
$

Check if an manifest called mylist exists (the manifest list does not actually exist).

$ buildah manifest exists mylist
$ echo $?
1
$

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 12
  2. 13–Arch

From buildah 1:1.45.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.