Dockerfile unexpected behaviour between RUN commands

Question

I have a weird issue trying to execute several RUN commands sequentially.

The goal is to copy a folder. If I list the files in target folder:

it works in the same RUN with && ls
it does not work in another RUN

Here is the trace:

Step 6 : RUN cp -rf /app/httpd/htdocs/* /opt/rh/httpd24/root/var/www/html/ && ls /opt/rh/httpd24/root/var/www/html/
 ---> Running in 05842445d075
modules
tests
 ---> 05c51d512f60
Removing intermediate container 05842445d075
Step 7 : RUN ls /opt/rh/httpd24/root/var/www/html/
 ---> Running in aa217a8edc37
 ---> 095c9f8ac8e7

Do you have any idea what is going wrong?

Nothing interesting in my Dockerfile. I think the problem is probably in the parent Dockerfile FROM rhscl/httpd-24-rhel7:2.4-10 — egt
– egt, Commented Oct 5, 2016 at 9:41

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:33:14Z

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As seen here, that could happen if the Dockerfile declared first a VOLUME.

Any file copied into a VOLUME would be discarded, as each build-step creates a new volume based on the image's content, discarding the volume that was used in the previous build step.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:33

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answered Oct 4, 2016 at 19:08

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