docker-container-diff(1)

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NAME
       docker-container-diff - Inspect changes to files or directories on a
       container's filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       docker container diff CONTAINER

DESCRIPTION
       List the changed files and directories in a containers filesystem since
       the container was created. Three different types of change are tracked:

       +-------+-------------------------------+
       |Symbol | Description                   |
       +-------+-------------------------------+
       |A      | A file or directory was added |
       +-------+-------------------------------+
       |D      | A file or directory was       |
       |       | deleted                       |
       +-------+-------------------------------+
       |C      | A file or directory was       |
       |       | changed                       |
       +-------+-------------------------------+

       You can use the full or shortened container ID or the container name
       set using docker run --name option.

EXAMPLES
       Inspect the changes to an 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

OPTIONS
       -h, --help[=false]
           help for diff

SEE ALSO
       docker-container(1)

Docker Community                   Jun 2020                          DOCKER(1)