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Altering a Bind Mount in a Named Docker Container From a Separate Terminal
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Altering a Bind Mount in a Named Docker Container From a Separate Terminal

docker run --name bundler  -dt -v path/to/real/folder:/docker-folder amazonlinux

This first command starts a Docker container named bundler with a volume (-v) that is a bind mount between the real folder at path path/to/real/folder and the virtual Docker folder at docker-folder.

It creates the container from the amazonlinux image.

This also runs the container with the -d and the -t flags, which means that the container is running in detached mode (-d), and also with an attached TTY (-t), so it will accept commands that you give it.

docker exec -d bundler touch /bind-folder/newFile

This command executes a command on a Docker container in detached mode (-d). We specify the container to be executed on as bundler. The command itself is touch /bind-folder/newFile.

docker stop bundler

Afterward, stop the container since it will indefinitely run in the background otherwise.

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