DOCKER(1)

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 container᾿s 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)