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When you use a bind mount, a file or directory on the host machine is mounted
from the host into a container. By contrast, when you use a volume, a new
directory is created within Docker's storage directory on the host machine, and
Docker manages that directory's contents.
directory is created within Docker's storage directory on the host machine.
Docker creates and maintains this storage location, but containers access it
directly using standard filesystem operations.

## When to use bind mounts

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