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Docker under WSL has some issues with volume mounts. They will tend to fail silently (as far as I can tell).

Steps to follow to get these working:

  1. Change default mount point for the Win host FS under WSL. Edit /etc/wsl.conf and add or change the following. You may need to fully reboot Windows for this to take effect.
[automount]
enabled = true
root = /

  1. Mounts in WSL must be under /c/ or they won't work.

  2. Double check your path name for container mount directory within Docker. If it doesn't exist, it'll fail silently.

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