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diff --git a/docs/podman-create.1.md b/docs/podman-create.1.md index 701f8b0fc..626ed9f64 100644 --- a/docs/podman-create.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-create.1.md @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ Set the UTS mode for the container **ns**: specify the user namespace to use. Note: the host mode gives the container access to changing the host's hostname and is therefore considered insecure. -**--volume**, **-v**[=*[HOST-DIR:CONTAINER-DIR[:OPTIONS]]*] +**--volume**, **-v**[=*[[SOURCE-VOLUME|HOST-DIR:]CONTAINER-DIR[:OPTIONS]]*] Create a bind mount. If you specify, ` -v /HOST-DIR:/CONTAINER-DIR`, podman bind mounts `/HOST-DIR` in the host to `/CONTAINER-DIR` in the podman @@ -810,11 +810,23 @@ container. The `OPTIONS` are a comma delimited list and can be: * [z|Z] * [`[r]shared`|`[r]slave`|`[r]private`] -The `CONTAINER-DIR` must be an absolute path such as `/src/docs`. The `HOST-DIR` -must be an absolute path as well. Podman bind-mounts the `HOST-DIR` to the -path you specify. For example, if you supply the `/foo` value, Podman creates a bind-mount. +The `CONTAINER-DIR` must be an absolute path such as `/src/docs`. The volume +will be mounted into the container at this directory. -You can specify multiple **-v** options to mount one or more mounts to a +Volumes may specify a source as well, as either a directory on the host or the +name of a named volume. If no source is given, the volume will be created as an +anonymous named volume with a randomly generated name, and will be removed when +the container is removed via the `--rm` flag or `podman rm --volumes`. + +If a volume source is specified, it must be a path on the host or the name of a +named volume. Host paths are allowed to be absolute or relative; relative paths +are resolved relative to the directory Podman is run in. Any source that does +not begin with a `.` or `/` it will be treated as the name of a named volume. +If a volume with that name does not exist, it will be created. Volumes created +with names are not anonymous and are not removed by `--rm` and +`podman rm --volumes`. + +You can specify multiple **-v** options to mount one or more volumes into a container. You can add `:ro` or `:rw` suffix to a volume to mount it read-only or |