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EX188 Container Operations And Lifecycle Practice Question

An administrator needs to copy a directory named /app/logs from a running container named prod_app to the local host directory /var/backups/. Which command accomplishes this?

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podman cp prod_app:/app/logs /var/backups/

podman cp supports copying from a container path to a host path using container_path:host_path syntax.

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podman export --path /app/logs prod_app /var/backups/
Why it's wrong here
podman export exports the entire container filesystem as a tarball, not individual directories with specific path arguments.
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podman pull prod_app:/app/logs /var/backups/
Why it's wrong here
podman pull downloads container images from a registry.
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podman download prod_app:/app/logs /var/backups/
Why it's wrong here
podman download is not a valid subcommand.
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podman cp prod_app:/app/logs /var/backups/
Why this is correct
podman cp prod_app:/app/logs /var/backups/ correctly extracts the directory from the container to the host.

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