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Add a WORKDIR instruction to a dockerfile

Source: R/dockerfile-instructions.R
dfi_workdir.Rd

Adds a WORKDIR instruction to set the working directory for any subsequent RUN, CMD, ENTRYPOINT, COPY, and ADD instructions.

Usage

dfi_workdir(dockerfile, path)

Arguments

dockerfile

A dockerfile object

path

Working directory path in the container

Value

An updated dockerfile object with the WORKDIR instruction added

Details

The WORKDIR instruction can be used multiple times in a Dockerfile. If a relative path is provided, it will be relative to the previous WORKDIR instruction. If the directory doesn't exist, it will be created.

See also

dfi_copy() for copying files into the container, dfi_run() for executing commands in the working directory, & Official Docker WORKDIR documentation

Other dockerfile instruction functions: dfi_add(), dfi_arg(), dfi_cmd(), dfi_copy(), dfi_entrypoint(), dfi_env(), dfi_expose(), dfi_from(), dfi_healthcheck(), dfi_label(), dfi_maintainer(), dfi_onbuild(), dfi_run(), dfi_shell(), dfi_stopsignal(), dfi_user(), dfi_volume()

Examples

df <- dockerfile() |>
  dfi_from("rocker/r-ver:4.4.0") |>
  dfi_workdir("/app") |>
  dfi_copy(".", "/app/")