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

% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % William Henry % APRIL 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.

EXAMPLE

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.io source material and internal work.