Docker 1.9 added named volumes, so I..
docker volume create --name postgres-data
docker volume ls
and I get
local postgres-data
all good so far..
so how do I see what is in the named volume? Is there a way to cd to it on the host system. Like I can for a mounted host directory?
docker run --rm -i -v=postgres-data:/tmp/myvolume busybox find /tmp/myvolume
Explanation: Create a minimal container with tools to see the volume's files (busybox), mount the named volume on a container's directory (v=postgres-data:/tmp/myvolume
), list the volume's files (find /tmp/myvolume
). Remove the container when the listing is done (--rm
).