% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014 # NAME docker-cp - Copy files/folders from the PATH to the HOSTPATH # SYNOPSIS **docker cp** CONTAINER:PATH HOSTPATH # DESCRIPTION Copy files/folders from a container's filesystem to the host path. Paths are relative to the root of the filesystem. Files can be copied from a running or stopped container. # OPTIONS There are no available options. # EXAMPLES An important shell script file, created in a bash shell, is copied from the exited container to the current dir on the host: # docker cp c071f3c3ee81:setup.sh . # HISTORY April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit