Copy a file between containers

Question

I'm looking for a way to copy a file from container A to container B within a Dockerfile.

Inside the Dokerfile I write this code but it fails:

COPY containersource:/mypath/filename.properties containerdest:/path/cfg/

In a [multi-stage build](https://docs.docker.com/build/building/multi-stage/)? — jonrsharpe, Aug 07 '23 at 21:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '23 at 05:56

If you want to copy from container image to container image, you write in the dockerfile

FROM fedora:rawhide as source
FROM fedora:38
COPY --from=source /etc/fedora-release /path/cfg/

If indeed you want to copy from container to container, you use

podman cp containersource:/mypath/filename.properties containerdest:/path/cfg/

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