config:edit

The config:edit command is the first step in editing a container configuration. It opens the configuration so that calls to the config:* editing commands will update the selected configuration. The edits made by the config:* editing commands are placed in a buffer associated with the selected configuration and not propagated to the container, or the file system, until the editing session is ended by the config:update command.

If you use the config:edit command before saving the changes to a configuration that is open for editing, the changes to the previously open configuration are abandoned. The pending edits cleared without being saved.

Table 5.3, “config:edit Arguments” describes the command's arguments.