Based on a comment by @GregorySuvalian, I understand that Windows 10 allows Hyper-V runtime only. So my workaround is to stop the container, running the docker cp command and restart the container. (I preferred this over setting up a volume, since it is just a one time operation.)
Unfortunately ENV won’t work, because windows environment variable work a little differently than linux. more info As of now the only way to do this is through RUN But you don’t need to create a separate file to do this. This can be done by the following much simpler one line command: RUN setx path … Read more
TL;DR: Q: Can Windows containers run on Linux? A: No. They cannot. Containers are using the underlying operating system resources and drivers, so Windows containers can run on Windows only, and Linux containers can run on Linux only. Q: But what about Docker for Windows? Or other VM-based solutions? A: Docker for Windows allows you … Read more