docker/docs/man/docker-diff.1.md

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NAME

docker-diff - Inspect changes on a container's filesystem

SYNOPSIS

docker diff [--help] CONTAINER

DESCRIPTION

Inspect changes on a container's filesystem. You can use the full or shortened container ID or the container name set using docker run --name option.

OPTIONS

--help Print usage statement

EXAMPLES

Inspect the changes to on a nginx container:

# docker diff 1fdfd1f54c1b
C /dev
C /dev/console
C /dev/core
C /dev/stdout
C /dev/fd
C /dev/ptmx
C /dev/stderr
C /dev/stdin
C /run
A /run/nginx.pid
C /var/lib/nginx/tmp
A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body
A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/fastcgi
A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/proxy
A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/scgi
A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/uwsgi
C /var/log/nginx
A /var/log/nginx/access.log
A /var/log/nginx/error.log

HISTORY

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au