Copy directory to other directory at Docker using ADD command

Question

I went through this documentation http://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#add but I am having an issue.. My goal is to copy the local directory go to docker /user/local/

The commands I used to do what I am trying to achieve is:

ADD go /usr/local/

and:

ADD /go/ /usr/local/ 

also:

RUN chmod 0755 /usr/local/go/src/make.bash

But I am getting the error message /usr/local/go/src/make.bash: No such file or directory but the local go directory does contain make.bash.

Answer 1

Here is how you can resolve your issue.

ADD go /usr/local/

will copy the contents of your local go directory in the /usr/local/ directory of your docker image.

To copy the go directory itself in /usr/local/ use:

ADD go /usr/local/go

or you can try the below commands as well.

COPY go /usr/local/go