package utils import ( "bytes" "fmt" "io" "os" "os/exec" ) // DockerExec simply shell out to the docker CLI binary on your host. func DockerExec(args []string, stdout io.Writer) error { return cmdExec("docker", "docker", args, stdout, "") } func cmdExec(name, binary string, args []string, stdout io.Writer, dir string) error { if binary == "" { panic("binary named " + name + " was not detected") } var errWriter bytes.Buffer if stdout == nil { stdout = os.Stdout } cmd := exec.Command(binary, args...) if dir != "" { cmd.Dir = dir } cmd.Stdout = stdout cmd.Stderr = &errWriter cmd.Stdin = nil if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("could not invoke %q: %v : %s", name, err, errWriter.String()) } return nil }