github.com/stchris/docker@v1.4.2-0.20150106053530-1510a324dbd5/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 CONTAINER:PATH HOSTPATH 10 11 # DESCRIPTION 12 Copy files/folders from a container's filesystem to the host 13 path. Paths are relative to the root of the filesystem. Files 14 can be copied from a running or stopped container. 15 16 # OPTIONS 17 There are no available options. 18 19 # EXAMPLES 20 An important shell script file, created in a bash shell, is copied from 21 the exited container to the current dir on the host: 22 23 # docker cp c071f3c3ee81:setup.sh . 24 25 # HISTORY 26 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 27 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 28 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>