docker mounting volumes on host

Question

I have successfully been able to share folders between a docker container with volumes using

docker run -v /host/path:/container/path ...

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Answer 1

This is from the Docker documentation itself, might be of help, simple and plain:

"The host directory is, by its nature, host-dependent. For this reason, you can’t mount a host directory from Dockerfile, the VOLUME instruction does not support passing a host-dir, because built images should be portable. A host directory wouldn’t be available on all potential hosts.".