Copy directory to another directory using ADD command

Question

I have read http   docs docker com engine reference builder  add however I met a problem  I want to copy the local directory go to docker  user local  I tried  ADD go  usr local   and  ADD  go   usr local    also  RUN chmod 0755  usr local go src make bash  However  I see the following error message   usr local go src make bash  No such file or directory  but the local go directory does contain make bash

User · Answer

You can use COPY  You need to specify the directory explicitly  It won t be created by itself  COPY go  usr local go   Reference  Docker CP reference

User · Answer

Indeed ADD go  usr local  will add content of go folder and not the folder itself  you can use Thomasleveil solution or if that did not work for some reason you can change WORKDIR to  usr local  then add your directory to it like   WORKDIR  usr local  COPY go go    or   WORKDIR  usr local go COPY go      But if you want to add multiple folders  it will be annoying to add them like that  the only solution for now as I see it from my current issue is using COPY     and exclude all unwanted directories and files in  dockerignore  let s say I got folders and files   - src  - tmp  - dist  - assets  - go  - justforfun  - node modules  - scripts  -  dockerignore  - Dockerfile  - headache lock  - package json    and I want to add src assets package json justforfun go so   in Dockerfile   FROM galaxy latest  WORKDIR  usr local  COPY       in  dockerignore file   node modules headache lock tmp dist   Or for more fun  or you like to confuse more people make them suffer as well  P  can be      src   assets   go   justforfun   scripts   package json    In this way you ignore everything  but excluding what you want to be copied or added only from  ignore list    It is a late answer but adding more ways to do the same covering even more cases

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ADD go  usr local    will copy the contents of your local go directory in the  usr local  directory of your docker image   To copy the go directory itself in  usr local  use   ADD go  usr local go   or   COPY go  usr local go

[docker] Copy directory to another directory using ADD command

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