From a17d7d9a73a23dc1fb2269b34418f2c7a645598b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Dowideit Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 13:24:17 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] be a little more explicit about what WORKDIR does Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Sven Dowideit (github: SvenDowideit) --- docs/sources/reference/builder.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/builder.rst b/docs/sources/reference/builder.rst index 2f71b87a93..571824c36c 100644 --- a/docs/sources/reference/builder.rst +++ b/docs/sources/reference/builder.rst @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ the container's filesystem at path ````. source directory being built (also called the *context* of the build) or a remote file URL. -```` is the path at which the source will be copied in the +```` is the absolute path to which the source will be copied inside the destination container. All new files and directories are created with mode 0755, uid and gid @@ -399,8 +399,10 @@ the image. ``WORKDIR /path/to/workdir`` -The ``WORKDIR`` instruction sets the working directory in which -the command given by ``CMD`` is executed. +The ``WORKDIR`` instruction sets the working directory for the ``RUN``, ``CMD`` and +``ENTRYPOINT`` Dockerfile commands that follow it. + +It can be used multiple times in the one Dockerfile. 3.11 ONBUILD ------------