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% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals
% William Henry
% APRIL 2014
# NAME
docker-cp - Copy files/folders from the PATH to the HOSTPATH

# SYNOPSIS
**docker cp** CONTAINER:PATH HOSTPATH

# DESCRIPTION
Copy files/folders from the containers filesystem to the host
path. Paths are relative to the root of the filesystem. Files
can be copied from a running or stopped container.

# EXAMPLE
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 .

# HISTORY
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
based on docker.io source material and internal work.