WORKDIR
WORKDIR
command is used to define the working directory of a Docker container at any given time.
Any command(RUN,CMD,ADD,COPY etc) will be executed in the specified working directory.
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FROM ubuntu:16.04
WORKDIR /project
RUN npm install
If the project
directory does not exist, it will be created. The RUN
command will be executed inside project.