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authorValentin Rothberg <vrothberg@redhat.com>2022-06-01 15:20:46 +0200
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podman cp: do not overwrite non-dirs with dirs and vice versa
Add a new `--overwrite` flag to `podman cp` to allow for overwriting in case existing users depend on the behavior; they will have a workaround. By default, the flag is turned off to be compatible with Docker and to have a more sane behavior. Fixes: #14420 Signed-off-by: Valentin Rothberg <vrothberg@redhat.com>
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@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ When set to true, files copied to a container will have changed ownership to the
When set to false, maintain uid/gid from archive sources instead of changing them to the primary uid/gid of the destination container.
The default is **true**.
+#### **--overwrite**
+
+Allow directories to be overwritten with non-directories and vice versa. By default, `podman cp` errors out when attempting to overwrite, for instance, a regular file with a directory. Use this option, if you want to allow this behavior.
+
## ALTERNATIVES
Podman has much stronger capabilities than just `podman cp` to achieve copying files between the host and containers.