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diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/cp.md b/docs/reference/commandline/cp.md index fcfd35fce1..abd3a37df2 100644 --- a/docs/reference/commandline/cp.md +++ b/docs/reference/commandline/cp.md @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ Options: --help Print usage ``` +## Description + The `docker cp` utility copies the contents of `SRC_PATH` to the `DEST_PATH`. You can copy from the container's file system to the local machine or the reverse, from the local filesystem to the container. If `-` is specified for @@ -96,15 +98,16 @@ you must be explicit with a relative or absolute path, for example: It is not possible to copy certain system files such as resources under `/proc`, `/sys`, `/dev`, [tmpfs](run.md#mount-tmpfs-tmpfs), and mounts created by the user in the container. However, you can still copy such files by manually -running `tar` in `docker exec`. For example (consider `SRC_PATH` and `DEST_PATH` -are directories): - - $ docker exec foo tar Ccf $(dirname SRC_PATH) - $(basename SRC_PATH) | tar Cxf DEST_PATH - - -or +running `tar` in `docker exec`. Both of the following examples do the same thing +in different ways (consider `SRC_PATH` and `DEST_PATH` are directories): - $ tar Ccf $(dirname SRC_PATH) - $(basename SRC_PATH) | docker exec -i foo tar Cxf DEST_PATH - +```bash +$ docker exec foo tar Ccf $(dirname SRC_PATH) - $(basename SRC_PATH) | tar Cxf DEST_PATH - +``` +```bash +$ tar Ccf $(dirname SRC_PATH) - $(basename SRC_PATH) | docker exec -i foo tar Cxf DEST_PATH - +``` Using `-` as the `SRC_PATH` streams the contents of `STDIN` as a tar archive. The command extracts the content of the tar to the `DEST_PATH` in container's |