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al murray
al murray

Reputation: 25

How to see file from docker for Windows host on a running container and vice versa

I'm trying to get a Linux container to share files with the Windows host, primarily because I want to build some Linux libs, and put the resulting output where I can see them in the file system. I open a cmd.exe window and do the following.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.1565]
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C:\Users\alanmur>mkdir \dev\test

C:\Users\alanmur>cd \dev\test

C:\dev\test>echo for the container >> testfile.out

C:\dev\test>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 0C3F-DCE2

 Directory of C:\dev\test

2020-01-07  21:45    <DIR>          .
2020-01-07  21:45    <DIR>          ..
2020-01-07  21:45                20 testfile.out
               1 File(s)             20 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  52,950,069,248 bytes free

C:\dev\test>docker run -it --rm -v C:/dev/test:/app/data:rw alpine /bin/sh
/ # cd /app/data
/app/data # ls
/app/data # echo for the host >> testfile2.out
/app/data # ls
testfile2.out
/app/data # exit

C:\dev\test>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 0C3F-DCE2

 Directory of C:\dev\test

2020-01-07  21:45    <DIR>          .
2020-01-07  21:45    <DIR>          ..
2020-01-07  21:45                20 testfile.out
               1 File(s)             20 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  52,942,929,920 bytes free

C:\dev\test>

How would I set this up so that the first ls on the container shows testfile.out and then when I exit the container I can see testfile2.out in the host C:\dev\test directory? I swear I had this working before, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong now, as I am doing everything the same.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 106

Answers (1)

ckaserer
ckaserer

Reputation: 5702

My guess is that you haven't done is with this particular location/drive. You need to allow docker to access it.

Here is how (for windows)

For you it is drive C:

In the System Tray, you should have the cute Docker whale swimming. Right click and select Settings.

Docker Settings Menu

  1. In the Settings dialog that comes up, click on Shared Drives. This should be able to list down the drives that you have available on your Windows machine. In my case, I have C and D drives and I have chosen to share D:\ drive since I want to expose the D:\data folder to my containers.

Docker for Windows : Shared Drives 3. Click on Apply. This will bring up the Credentials dialog and you will need to provide your current Windows credentials. Ensure that you give it correctly. I also suspect that you might need to be an Administrator.

Source: https://rominirani.com/docker-on-windows-mounting-host-directories-d96f3f056a2c

Upvotes: 1

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