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authorValentin Rothberg <rothberg@redhat.com>2021-08-31 15:41:57 +0200
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[CI:DOCS] podman cp: highlight globbing and multi-file copy
`podman cp` does not allow for globbing or filtering copied data in any form. `docker cp` does not either, so Podman remains compatible. Due to a number of requests, highlight how users can effectively achieve that by means of chaining with tools such as xargs(1) or find(1), or by making use of `podman mount`. Closes: #11346 Closes: #11194 Signed-off-by: Valentin Rothberg <rothberg@redhat.com>
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Note that `podman cp` ignores permission errors when copying from a running rootless container. The TTY devices inside a rootless container are owned by the host's root user and hence cannot be read inside the container's user namespace.
+Further note that `podman cp` does not support globbing (e.g., `cp dir/*.txt`). If you want to copy multiple files from the host to the container you may use xargs(1) or find(1) (or similar tools for chaining commands) in conjunction with `podman cp`. If you want to copy multiple files from the container to the host, you may use `podman mount CONTAINER` and operate on the returned mount point instead (see ALTERNATIVES below).
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## OPTIONS
#### **--archive**, **-a**=**true** | *false*