docker_cp.py

import os, sys

# wget -O - https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ratulbasak/9bcb9dfa13b7f68f0af03d0201eed279/raw/4c0101d7eeb5d353b0a2314b24c0f51cca1bf315/docker_cp.py | python

Project_ROOT = 'src'
ADAPTERS_FOLDER = "maindir"
directories = os.walk(os.getcwd()+'/'+Project_ROOT).next()[1]

def copy_from_docker(CONTAINER_NAME):
    for dir in directories:
        os.system("docker cp %s:/%s ./%s/%s" %(CONTAINER_NAME,dir,ADAPTERS_FOLDER,dir))
        print("./%s/%s copied done" % (ADAPTERS_FOLDER,dir))

def del_create_dir():
    print("Recreating " + ADAPTERS_FOLDER)
    os.rmdir(ADAPTERS_FOLDER)
    os.makedirs(ADAPTERS_FOLDER)
# print(directories)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if os.path.isdir(ADAPTERS_FOLDER):
        recreate = del_create_dir()
        cp = copy_from_docker(sys.argv[1])
    else:
        print("maindir not found")
        os.makedirs(ADAPTERS_FOLDER)
        cp = copy_from_docker(sys.argv[1])