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diff --git a/docs/source/docker.rst b/docs/source/docker.rst index 232c7f4..6332dae 100644 --- a/docs/source/docker.rst +++ b/docs/source/docker.rst @@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ Running the system in docker has many advantages: * Makes the system be able to be used in Windows- Smarker has been tested in docker for windows using WSL for the backend +.. warning:: + + If using windows, I recommend using the mingw shell since powershell is bad at dealing with relative file paths. With mingw you can simply use ``$(pwd)``. + + However, if you do, be sure to **escape file paths properly**; since, for example, ``/tmp/`` will automatically be expanded to ``C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Local/Temp/``. This causes issues when + setting up docker volumes. You can prefix your commands with ``MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1`` (`see the documentation <https://web.archive.org/web/20201112005258/http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Posix_path_conversion>`_). + Using docker ------------ |