Docker COPY command not copying files

Docker Desktop
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I am trying to create an image of the Streamlit application (ML model). Within the application folder, I wrote a Dockerfile.txt. You can refer to the below script for reference.

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.9-slim
RUN pip install --upgrade pip

# Set the current working directory
WORKDIR C:/Users/MainFolder/Downloads/MOE_POC_v1

# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
# Copy the requirements.txt file
COPY . C:/Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/
COPY requirements.txt	C:/Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/
COPY HRDataset_v14_UAR.csv  C:/Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/
COPY HRDataset_v14.csv C:/Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/


# dependencies can be installed and can be found in the requirements.txt file
RUN pip install --upgrade pip
RUN pip install -r C:/Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/requirements.txt

# Make port 8500 available to the world outside this container
EXPOSE 8500

# environment variable
ENV NAME StreamlitApp

# Run Streamlit when container launches
CMD ["streamlit", "run", "C:/Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/app.py"]

When I executed it, the image was created with no errors. When I access the application on localhost through the port, when I give the input, it states the error “No Such File or Directory”.
I observed that none of the files (datasets) were copied into the container.
Below is the file structure.

image

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We don’t use windows, so I am not an expert.

But it seems python:3.9-slim is not available for Windows (link), so I would expect the image to be Linux only.

Then I would assume you can’t use Windows-like paths like c:\.

My understanding is furthermore that Docker Desktop runs containers inside a Linux VM.

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Thanks for the response @bluepuma77

Made the changes but the issue remains same it is not transferring the files.

# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.9-slim
RUN pip install --upgrade pip

# Set the current working directory
WORKDIR /Users/MainFolder/Downloads/MOHRE_POC_v1/

# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
# Copy the requirements.txt file
COPY . /Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/
COPY requirements.txt	/Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/
COPY HRDataset_v14_UAE.csv  /Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/HRDataset_v14_UAE.csv
COPY HRDataset_v14.csv /Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/HRDataset_v14.csv


# dependencies can be installed and can be found in the requirements.txt file
RUN pip install --upgrade pip
RUN pip install -r /Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/requirements.txt

# Make port 8501 available to the world outside this container
EXPOSE 8501

# environment variable
ENV NAME StreamlitApp

# Run Streamlit when container launches
CMD ["streamlit", "run", "/Users/MainFolder/Downloads/image/app.py"]
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Thanks Stevediaz it worked