podman cp

[avnav0]

hello, was adviced to create a new issue for a way to use the podman cp command to copy files from a container.

use case:

sometimes, i will make a temp container in order to just copy files that i can build off of (usually configs)

podman run -d --name nginx.vols nginx:1.23.2
cont_num=$(podman ps -aqf "name=nginx.vols")
podman cp $cont_num:/etc/nginx/. /home/user/volumes/nginx
podman stop nginx.vols && podman rm nginx.vols

this would be super useful, since I have to use shell:

    - name: 4. copy config files from temp nginx container into volumes dir
      shell: | 
        cont_num=$(podman ps -aqf "name=nginx.vols")
        podman cp $cont_num:/etc/nginx/. /home/user/volumes/nginx
        podman stop nginx.vols && podman rm nginx.vols
      args:
        executable: /bin/bash

[DilasserT]

Hi,

I am also interested in this feature.
@sshnaidm Are you planning to implement this ?
If that is outside your scope, I can make a PR.

It could be a new module like containers.podman.podman_copy ?

[sshnaidm]

@DilasserT sure, go ahead. I believe it should copy both from and to container? containers.podman.podman_copy is fine.
It's weird docker has only one way copy module.

[DilasserT]

Yes, I do not see why it should not do both.