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enderland
enderland

Reputation: 14185

Why does docker mount a file with a numeric value as a directory?

Running a docker run command with:

-v=/path/to/file/name0.conf:/etc/name.conf

was resulting in the docker container not being started:

docker: Error response from daemon: Cannot start container <hash>: [9] System error: not a directory.

Why is this file not mounting in Docker?

I can make the name nameA.conf and mount it fine. The file nameA.conf and name0.conf are identical (verified with diff), have the same rights (verified with ls -l).

docker --version
Docker version 1.10.1, build 9e83765

Upvotes: 1

Views: 174

Answers (1)

enderland
enderland

Reputation: 14185

Docker does not mount files ending in numeric characters in their name correctly into containers.

It converts the file into a directory because of the 0 in the name - this can be reproduced with different filenames that are similar and have numeric characters.

The solution is to use non-numeric characters in the filename locally.

Upvotes: 1

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