moby--moby/docs/man/docker-cp.1.md

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NAME

docker-cp - Copy files/folders from the PATH to the HOSTPATH, or STDOUT

SYNOPSIS

docker cp [--help] CONTAINER:PATH HOSTPATH|-

DESCRIPTION

Copy files/folders from a container's filesystem to the path. Use '-' to write the data as a tar file to STDOUT. Paths are relative to the root of the filesystem. Files can be copied from a running or stopped container.

OPTIONS

--help Print usage statement

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 SvenDowideit@home.org.au