Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem

See cp docs.

Usage

docker cp [OPTIONS] CONTAINER:SRC_PATH DEST_PATH|-
docker cp [OPTIONS] SRC_PATH|- CONTAINER:DEST_PATH

Examples

Copy to container

Copy file

$ docker cp foo.txt my-app:/root/app
# => /root/app/foo.txt

Copy directory

Copy the entire directory. The name will be kept.

$ docker cp foo my-app:/root/app
# => /root/app/foo/

Copy directory contents

Copy contents of directory into a directory. Note using a dot forwardslash in destination, as per the docs.

$ docker cp foo my-app:/root/app/foo/.
# => /root/app/foo/

$ docker cp foo my-app:/root/app/bar/.
# => /root/app/bar/

Copy from container

$ docker cp my-app:/root/app foo
# => foo