github.com/brahmaroutu/docker@v1.2.1-0.20160809185609-eb28dde01f16/docs/reference/commandline/volume_inspect.md (about) 1 <!--[metadata]> 2 +++ 3 title = "volume inspect" 4 description = "The volume inspect command description and usage" 5 keywords = ["volume, inspect"] 6 [menu.main] 7 parent = "smn_cli" 8 +++ 9 <![end-metadata]--> 10 11 # volume inspect 12 13 ```markdown 14 Usage: docker volume inspect [OPTIONS] VOLUME [VOLUME...] 15 16 Display detailed information on one or more volumes 17 18 Options: 19 -f, --format string Format the output using the given go template 20 --help Print usage 21 ``` 22 23 Returns information about a volume. By default, this command renders all results 24 in a JSON array. You can specify an alternate format to execute a 25 given template for each result. Go's 26 [text/template](http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/) package describes all the 27 details of the format. 28 29 Example output: 30 31 $ docker volume create 32 85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d 33 $ docker volume inspect 85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d 34 [ 35 { 36 "Name": "85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d", 37 "Driver": "local", 38 "Mountpoint": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d/_data", 39 "Status": null 40 } 41 ] 42 43 $ docker volume inspect --format '{{ .Mountpoint }}' 85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d 44 /var/lib/docker/volumes/85bffb0677236974f93955d8ecc4df55ef5070117b0e53333cc1b443777be24d/_data 45 46 ## Related information 47 48 * [volume create](volume_create.md) 49 * [volume ls](volume_ls.md) 50 * [volume rm](volume_rm.md) 51 * [Understand Data Volumes](../../tutorials/dockervolumes.md)