'Get the is_deleted status and info for the container.
:returns: a tuple, in the form (info, is_deleted) info is a dict as
returned by get_info and is_deleted is a boolean.'

def get_info_is_deleted(self):

    if ((self.db_file != ':memory:') and (not os.path.exists(self.db_file))):
        return ({}, True)
    info = self.get_info()
    return (info, self._is_deleted_info(**info))
