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Martin AJ
Martin AJ

Reputation: 6697

How to get all file and folders of a docker container?

I have a server that a docker container is running on. I can see it by running docker container ls:

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And finding the image by running docker image ls:

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I also can open the container using this command docker exec -it <container_hash> sh. All I need to do is making a zip file from the files of the project. I mean these files:

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So, how can I copy/paste all files of a running container and make a zip file of them on the server? Noted that I use Ubuntu 20.04

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1239

Answers (1)

Josiah Hudson
Josiah Hudson

Reputation: 1005

docker cp is your friend here:

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

Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem

Use '-' as the source to read a tar archive from stdin
and extract it to a directory destination in a container.
Use '-' as the destination to stream a tar archive of a
container source to stdout.

Options:
  -a, --archive       Archive mode (copy all uid/gid information)
  -L, --follow-link   Always follow symbol link in SRC_PATH

So in your case you could use

docker cp <container_name>:/app /local/path/for/directory

This will copy the directory out to your local file system. From there you can use a utility to create an archive in whatever format you want.

Upvotes: 1

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