Mounting a directory from the host in boot2docker for Windows

 docker run -d --name abe -v $APPDATA/Bitcoin:/datadir poliver/bitcoin-abe

I get the error:
invalid value "C:\\Users\\someone\\AppData\\Roaming/Bitcoin:/datadir"
for flag -v: \Users\someone\AppData\Roaming/Bitcoin:/datadir 
is not an absolute path 
See 'c:\Program Files\Boot2DockeForWindows\docker.exe run --help'.

I get the same results when I call it these ways:
$ docker run -d --name abe -v "$APPDATA/Bitcoin":/datadir poliver/bitcoin-abe
$ docker run -d --name abe -v "/c/users/someone/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin":/datadir poliver/bitcoin-abe
$ docker run -d --name abe -v ~/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin:/datadir poliver/bitcoin-abe
Ans.

If you want to mount the $APPDATA on your Windows host machine to /datadir on the docker container, instead of the below command:
docker run -d --name abe -v $APPDATA/Bitcoin:/datadir poliver/bitcoin-abe

You can issue:
docker run -d --name abe -v //c/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/$APPDATA/Bitcoin:/datadir poliver/bitcoin-abe

//c/Users/PATH_TO_DIR is the key here for Windows directory

Your $APPDATA Directory MUST reside on the /c/Users/Your_User_Name directory and it cannotreside on other places. (e.g. D:/$APPDATA on the D partition.)



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