Are the files inside a container virtual?

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can the files inside a container be edited?

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[dmaze (David Maze)]

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can the files inside a container be edited?

Normal commands that edit files, like sed, work fine. If you can get a shell in a container, normal text editors, like vi, work fine. Your general expectation should be that the contents of a container will be lost after the container exits; you should set up your Dockerfile so that you can delete and restart your container freely and it will be set up correctly.

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would you read [quote=“dmaze, post:2, topic:22612”]
If you can get a shell in a container
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@dmaze

set up your Dockerfile so that you can delete and restart your container freely

how do i do that