github.com/eikeon/docker@v1.5.0-rc4/docs/man/docker-cp.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % Docker Community 3 % JUNE 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker-cp - Copy files/folders from the PATH to the HOSTPATH 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker cp** 9 [**--help**] 10 CONTAINER:PATH HOSTPATH 11 12 # DESCRIPTION 13 Copy files/folders from a container's filesystem to the host 14 path. Paths are relative to the root of the filesystem. Files 15 can be copied from a running or stopped container. 16 17 # OPTIONS 18 **--help** 19 Print usage statement 20 21 # EXAMPLES 22 An important shell script file, created in a bash shell, is copied from 23 the exited container to the current dir on the host: 24 25 # docker cp c071f3c3ee81:setup.sh . 26 27 # HISTORY 28 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 29 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 30 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>