Results for “File operations & paths”
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Create a runtime file during the build
Docker / Compose: RUN executes during the build while CMD executes when a container starts.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Create a second name for the same file
Linux Commands: Use ln for a hard link and inspect the shared link count.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Create a small file at build time
Docker / Compose: Create a small file at build time with a complete introductory Dockerfile.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Create an archive from an explicit file list
Linux Commands: Use tar -T for a controlled list of relative archive members.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Create an empty file
Linux Commands: Use touch to create a file when absent; an existing file keeps its contents but gets updated timestamps.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Create an empty practice file
Linux Commands: Create an empty practice file using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
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Create private files with a restrictive umask
Linux Commands: Apply umask in a subshell so the surrounding shell is unaffected.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Discard an unstaged edit to one tracked file
Git: Restore copies the index version back into the selected working file.
Git✓ Tested
Encapsulate increment and reset operations
Encapsulate increment and reset operations with a small React component and explicit browser behavior.
React✓ Tested
Encode and decode a file with Base64
Linux Commands: Use GNU base64 for text transport of bytes and --decode for the reverse operation.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Exclude files from the build context
Docker / Compose: A dockerignore file prevents selected local files from being copied.
Docker / Compose✓ Tested
Explain which ignore rule matches a file
Git: check-ignore -v reports the source file, line, pattern, and matched path.
Git✓ Tested