1buildah-add(1)              General Commands Manual             buildah-add(1)
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NAME

6       buildah-add - Add the contents of a file, URL, or a directory to a con‐
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SYNOPSIS

11       buildah add [options] container src [[src ...] dest]
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DESCRIPTION

15       Adds the contents of a file, URL, or a directory to a container's work‐
16       ing  directory  or  a  specified location in the container.  If a local
17       source file appears to be an archive, its contents  are  extracted  and
18       added  instead  of  the  archive  file itself.  If a local directory is
19       specified as a source, its contents are copied to the destination.
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OPTIONS

23       --add-history
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26       Add an entry to the history which will note the  digest  of  the  added
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30       Note:  You can also override the default value of --add-history by set‐
31       ting the  BUILDAH_HISTORY  environment  variable.  export  BUILDAH_HIS‐
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EXAMPLE

48       buildah add containerID '/myapp/app.conf' '/myapp/app.conf'
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51       buildah   add   --chown  myuser:mygroup  containerID  '/myapp/app.conf'
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55       buildah add containerID '/home/myuser/myproject.go'
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58       buildah add containerID '/home/myuser/myfiles.tar' '/tmp'
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61       buildah add containerID '/tmp/workingdir' '/tmp/workingdir'
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64       buildah    add     containerID     'https://github.com/containers/buil‐
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68       buildah add containerID 'passwd' 'certs.d' /etc
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SEE ALSO

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76buildah                           March 2017                    buildah-add(1)