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description: Mount directory from machine
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keywords: machine, mount, subcommand
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title: docker-machine mount
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---
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Mount directories from a machine to your local host, using `sshfs`.
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The notation is `machinename:/path/to/dir` for the argument; you can also supply an alternative mount point (default is the same dir path).
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## Example
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Consider the following example:
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```bash
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$ mkdir foo
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$ docker-machine ssh dev mkdir foo
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$ docker-machine mount dev:/home/docker/foo foo
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$ touch foo/bar
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$ docker-machine ssh dev ls foo
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bar
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```
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Now you can use the directory on the machine, for mounting into containers.
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Any changes done in the local directory, is reflected in the machine too.
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```bash
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$ eval $(docker-machine env dev)
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$ docker run -v /home/docker/foo:/tmp/foo busybox ls /tmp/foo
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bar
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$ touch foo/baz
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$ docker run -v /home/docker/foo:/tmp/foo busybox ls /tmp/foo
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bar
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baz
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```
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The files are actually being transferred using `sftp` (over an ssh connection),
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so this program ("sftp") needs to be present on the machine - but it usually is.
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To unmount the directory again, you can use the same options but the `-u` flag.
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You can also call `fuserunmount` (or `fusermount -u`) commands directly.
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```bash
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$ docker-machine mount -u dev:/home/docker/foo foo
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$ rmdir foo
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```
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**Files are actually being stored on the machine, *not* on the host.**
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So make sure to make a copy of any files you want to keep, before removing it!
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