How to mount a host directory in a Docker container

Question

I am trying to mount a host directory into a Docker container so that any updates done on the host is reflected into the Docker containers.

Where am I doing somethin

Answer 1

I've been having the same issue. My command line looked like this:

docker run --rm -i --name $NAME -v `pwd`:/sources:z $NAME

The problem was with 'pwd'. So I changed that to $(pwd):

docker run --rm -i --name $NAME -v $(pwd):/sources:z $NAME