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[root@localhost ~]# docker run -it -v /data --name=vol3 8251da35e7a7 /bin/bash root@d87bf9607836:/# cd /data/ root@d87bf9607836:/data# touch abc{1..10} root@d87bf9607836:/data# ls abc1 abc10 abc2 abc3 abc4 abc5 abc6 abc7 abc8 abc9

[root@localhost ~]# docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES d87bf9607836 8251da35e7a7 "/bin/bash" About a minute ago Up 31 seconds vol3 [r...

[root@localhost ~]# docker inspect d87bf9607836 "Mounts": [ { "Name": "cdf78fbf79a7c9363948e133abe4c572734cd788c95d36edea0448094ec9121c", "Source": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/cdf78fbf79a7c9363948e133abe4c572734cd788c95d36edea0448094ec9121c/_data&quot...

[root@localhost ~]# docker run -it --volumes-from vol3 8251da35e7a7 /bin/bash root@ef2f5cc545be:/# ls bin boot data dev etc home lib lib64 media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var root@ef2f5cc545be:/# ls /data abc1 abc10 abc2 abc3 abc4 abc5 abc6 abc7...

[root@localhost ~]# docker run -it -v /etc:/etc1 8251da35e7a7 /bin/bash Here: /etc is host machine directory and /etc1 is the target inside container