Can't extract container img file using Docker on WSL2 #336

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2025-12-29T00:24:45+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 00:24:45 +01:00

Originally created by @cbini on GitHub (Mar 13, 2022).

Hi! Just started using this this weekend, and it's going well. I'd like to extract the image in the container that I've built, but the suggested command doesn't work:

sudo find /var/lib/docker -size +10G | grep mac_hdd_ng.img
find: ‘/var/lib/docker’: No such file or directory

I imagine this has something to do with running Docker in WSL2. Has anyone figured this out?

Originally created by @cbini on GitHub (Mar 13, 2022). Hi! Just started using this this weekend, and it's going well. I'd like to extract the image in the container that I've built, but the suggested command doesn't work: ``` sudo find /var/lib/docker -size +10G | grep mac_hdd_ng.img find: ‘/var/lib/docker’: No such file or directory ``` I imagine this has something to do with running Docker in WSL2. Has anyone figured this out?

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adam commented

2025-12-29 00:24:46 +01:00

@rogeriorc commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2022):

I think its located on:

\\wsl$\docker-desktop-data\version-pack-data\community\docker\overlay2

@rogeriorc commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2022): I think its located on: `\\wsl$\docker-desktop-data\version-pack-data\community\docker\overlay2`

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Reference: starred/Docker-OSX#336