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page-title: "How to copy files into a named volume without an attached container? · Issue #25245 · moby/moby"
url: https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/25245
date: "2023-06-19 15:32:50"
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> ```
> docker run -d --rm --name dummy -v myvolume:/root alpine tail -f /dev/null
> docker cp c:\myfolder\myfile.txt dummy:/root/myfile.txt
> docker stop dummy
> ```
> 
> You can also copy the other way (from the volume to the local file system).
> 
> ```
> docker cp dummy:/root/myfile.txt c:\myfolder\myfile.txt
> ```