% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014
docker-cp - Copy files/folders from the PATH to the HOSTPATH
docker cp CONTAINER:PATH HOSTPATH
Copy files/folders from a container's filesystem to the host path. Paths are relative to the root of the filesystem. Files can be copied from a running or stopped container.
There are no available options.
An important shell script file, created in a bash shell, is copied from the exited container to the current dir on the host:
# docker cp c071f3c3ee81:setup.sh .
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au