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Copy host folder to a Docker volume (preserving all file permissions and ownership)
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copy_to_docker_volume.sh
#!/bin/bash
# this is the source folder. We want to copy its content to a Docker volume.
SRC_PATH='/opt/docker/gitlab/data'
# this is target volume name. Assuming it's not been created yet.
VOLUME_NAME='gitlab-data'
tar Ccf $(dirname $SRC_PATH) - $(basename $SRC_PATH) | docker run -i --rm -v $VOLUME_NAME:/data debian tar Cxpf /data - --strip-components=1
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