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-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md9
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-cp.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-cp.1.md
index 8f63c00ee..241a74c42 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-cp.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-cp.1.md
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ podman\-cp - Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
**podman container cp** [*options*] [*container*:]*src_path* [*container*:]*dest_path*
## DESCRIPTION
-Copies the contents of **src_path** to the **dest_path**. You can copy from the container's filesystem to the local machine or the reverse, from the local filesystem to the container.
-If - is specified for either the SRC_PATH or DEST_PATH, you can also stream a tar archive from STDIN or to STDOUT.
+Copy the contents of **src_path** to the **dest_path**. You can copy from the container's filesystem to the local machine or the reverse, from the local filesystem to the container.
+If `-` is specified for either the SRC_PATH or DEST_PATH, you can also stream a tar archive from STDIN or to STDOUT.
The CONTAINER can be a running or stopped container. The **src_path** or **dest_path** can be a file or directory.
-The **podman cp** command assumes container paths are relative to the container's / (root) directory.
+The **podman cp** command assumes container paths are relative to the container's root directory (i.e., `/`).
This means supplying the initial forward slash is optional;
@@ -27,24 +27,22 @@ Assuming a path separator of /, a first argument of **src_path** and second argu
**src_path** specifies a file
- **dest_path** does not exist
- - the file is saved to a file created at **dest_path**
- - **dest_path** does not exist and ends with /
- - Error condition: the destination directory must exist.
+ - the file is saved to a file created at **dest_path** (note that parent directory must exist)
- **dest_path** exists and is a file
- - the destination is overwritten with the source file's contents
+ - the destination is overwritten with the source file's contents
- **dest_path** exists and is a directory
- - the file is copied into this directory using the basename from **src_path**
+ - the file is copied into this directory using the basename from **src_path**
**src_path** specifies a directory
- **dest_path** does not exist
- - **dest_path** is created as a directory and the contents of the source directory are copied into this directory
+ - **dest_path** is created as a directory and the contents of the source directory are copied into this directory
- **dest_path** exists and is a file
- - Error condition: cannot copy a directory to a file
+ - Error condition: cannot copy a directory to a file
- **dest_path** exists and is a directory
- - **src_path** ends with /
- - the source directory is copied into this directory
- - **src_path** ends with /. (that is: slash followed by dot)
- - the content of the source directory is copied into this directory
+ - **src_path** ends with `/`
+ - the source directory is copied into this directory
+ - **src_path** ends with `/.` (i.e., slash followed by dot)
+ - the content of the source directory is copied into this directory
The command requires **src_path** and **dest_path** to exist according to the above rules.
@@ -57,11 +55,13 @@ You can also use : when specifying paths to a **src_path** or **dest_path** on a
If you use a : in a local machine path, you must be explicit with a relative or absolute path, for example:
`/path/to/file:name.txt` or `./file:name.txt`
+Using `-` as the *src_path* streams the contents of STDIN as a tar archive. The command extracts the content of the tar to the *DEST_PATH* in the container. In this case, *dest_path* must specify a directory. Using `-` as the *dest_path* streams the contents of the resource (can be a directory) as a tar archive to STDOUT.
+
## OPTIONS
#### **--extract**
-Extract the tar file into the destination directory. If the destination directory is not provided, extract the tar file into the root directory.
+If the source is a tar archive, extract it to the provided destination (must be a directory). If the source is not a tar archive, follow the above rules.
#### **--pause**
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
index 1038906c0..53c5b2d4b 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ Several files will be automatically created within the container. These include
_/etc/hosts_, _/etc/hostname_, and _/etc/resolv.conf_ to manage networking.
These will be based on the host's version of the files, though they can be
customized with options (for example, **--dns** will override the host's DNS
-servers in the created _resolv.conf_). Additionally, an empty file is created in
-each container to indicate to programs they are running in a container. This file
-is located at _/run/.containerenv_.
+servers in the created _resolv.conf_). Additionally, a container environment
+file is created in each container to indicate to programs they are running in a
+container. This file is located at _/run/.containerenv_. When using the
+--privileged flag the .containerenv contains name/value pairs indicating the
+container engine version, whether the engine is running in rootless mode, the
+container name and id, as well as the image name and id that the container is based on.
When running from a user defined network namespace, the _/etc/netns/NSNAME/resolv.conf_
will be used if it exists, otherwise _/etc/resolv.conf_ will be used.