add zfs support to lxc-create and lxc-destroy

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  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>lxc-destroy</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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  <refnamediv>
    <refname>lxc-destroy</refname>

    <refpurpose>
      destroy a container.
    </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>lxc-destroy</command>
      <arg choice="req">-n <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
      <arg choice="opt">-f</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para>
      <command>lxc-destroy</command> destroys the system object
      previously created by the <command>lxc-create</command> command.
    </para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>

    <title>Options</title>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
	<term>
	  <option>-f</option>
	</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	    If a container is running, stop it first.  If this option is
	    not specified and the container is running, then
	    <command>lxc-destroy</command> will be aborted.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-P, --lxcpath=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
      <listitem>
	<para>
	  Use an alternate container path.  The default is @LXCPATH@.
	</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Diagnostic</title>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>The container was not found</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    The specified container for destruction was not found. It
	    is probable it does not exists and was already
	    destroyed.You can use the <command>lxc-ls -l</command>
	    command to list the available containers on the system.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </refsect1>

  &seealso;

  <refsect1>
    <title>Author</title>
    <para>Daniel Lezcano <email>daniel.lezcano@free.fr</email></para>
  </refsect1>

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