Signed-off-by: Amen Belayneh <amenbelayneh@gmail.com>
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@@ -311,6 +311,12 @@ commands using a base image that does not contain `/bin/sh`. |
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> If you want shell processing then either use the *shell* form or execute |
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> a shell directly, for example: `RUN [ "sh", "-c", "echo", "$HOME" ]`. |
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+> **Note**: |
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+> If you choose to use the *shell* form, any time you want to continue a single |
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+> `RUN` instruction onto the next line, it has to be ended with a backslash `\`. |
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+> For example, `RUN /bin/bash -c 'source $HOME/.bashrc ;\` then on the next |
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+> line ` echo $HOME '`. |
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The cache for `RUN` instructions isn't invalidated automatically during |
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the next build. The cache for an instruction like |
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`RUN apt-get dist-upgrade -y` will be reused during the next build. The |