Possible to use pushd/popd in Dockerfile?

Question

Is there any way to use pushd/popd commands within a Dockerfile? It'd make some install scripts I have a lot easier if it were possible.

Answer 1

It can be done but your image must have bash and all commands must be in the same RUN directive:

Dockerfile

FROM debian
RUN mkdir -p /test/dir1/dir2
RUN bash -xc "\
pushd /test/dir1; \
pwd; \
pushd dir2; \
pwd; \
popd; \
pwd; \
"
RUN pwd

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Step 1/4 : FROM debian
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Step 2/4 : RUN mkdir -p /test/dir1/dir2
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Step 3/4 : RUN bash -xc "pushd /test/dir1; pwd; pushd dir2; pwd; popd; pwd; "
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+ pushd /test/dir1
+ pwd
+ pushd dir2
+ pwd
+ popd
+ pwd
/test/dir1 /
/test/dir1
/test/dir1/dir2 /test/dir1 /
/test/dir1/dir2
/test/dir1 /
/test/dir1
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Step 4/4 : RUN pwd
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/
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Successfully built eb43f6ed241a
Successfully tagged test:latest