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[Bug]: Docs do not say that container system logs ignores system start --log-root files #1529

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Start the system with a file log root, then ask container system logs for recent logs:

$ ls "$LOG_ROOT"
container-apiserver.log
container-core-images.log
container-network-vmnet-default.log

$ container system logs --last 1m
Timestamp                       Thread     Type        Activity             PID    TTL

$ echo $?
0

Problem description

container system logs reads macOS unified logs, not the files written to --log-root. That behavior is fine, but the docs/help should state it directly. As written, system start --log-root and system logs look connected, but system logs does not read those files.

Environment

- OS: macOS 26.4.1 (25E253)
- Xcode: Xcode 26.4.1 (17E202)
- Container: container CLI 0.12.3 (build: release, commit: f989901)

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