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diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/build.md b/docs/reference/commandline/build.md index 42c3ecf65f..b141e7422e 100644 --- a/docs/reference/commandline/build.md +++ b/docs/reference/commandline/build.md @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Options: --ulimit value Ulimit options (default []) ``` +## Description + Builds Docker images from a Dockerfile and a "context". A build's context is the files located in the specified `PATH` or `URL`. The build process can refer to any of the files in the context. For example, your build can use an @@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ $ docker build - < context.tar.gz This will build an image for a compressed context read from `STDIN`. Supported formats are: bzip2, gzip and xz. -### Usage of .dockerignore +### Use a .dockerignore file ```bash $ docker build . @@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ directory from the context. Its effect can be seen in the changed size of the uploaded context. The builder reference contains detailed information on [creating a .dockerignore file](../builder.md#dockerignore-file) -### Tag image (-t) +### Tag an image (-t) ```bash $ docker build -t vieux/apache:2.0 . @@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ For example, to tag an image both as `whenry/fedora-jboss:latest` and ```bash $ docker build -t whenry/fedora-jboss:latest -t whenry/fedora-jboss:v2.1 . ``` -### Specify Dockerfile (-f) +### Specify a Dockerfile (-f) ```bash $ docker build -f Dockerfile.debug . @@ -373,7 +375,7 @@ the command line. > repeatable builds on remote Docker hosts. This is also the reason why > `ADD ../file` will not work. -### Optional parent cgroup (--cgroup-parent) +### Use a custom parent cgroup (--cgroup-parent) When `docker build` is run with the `--cgroup-parent` option the containers used in the build will be run with the [corresponding `docker run` |