Start Ubuntu docker image with a mounted directory

HowTo.txt

Prerequisite: Install docker

> docker version
Client:
 Version:      1.8.2
 API version:  1.20
 Go version:   go1.4.2
 Git commit:   0a8c2e3
 Built:        Thu Sep 10 19:19:00 UTC 2015
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64


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# list docker images to see if there is an ubuntu image
> docker images
REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
ubuntu              latest              91e54dfb1179        4 weeks ago         188.4 MB

# run ubuntu image to see if it is working properly
> docker run -t -i ubuntu /bin/bash
# type 'exit' to quit


# run ubuntu image with a mounted path
docker run -t -i -v /home/user/Music/shared_dir:/mnt ubuntu /bin/bash


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