As Sven Dowideit describes in a pending doc update [1].
[1]: https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/pull/3389
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+You can use container volumes even if their container is not running.
+For example:
+
+ $ docker run -name portage wking/portage true
+
+However, it may be useful to leave the container running so you don't
+remove it up by accident.
+
[VOLUME]: http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/use/builder/#volume
[volumes-from]: http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/use/working_with_volumes/#mount-volumes-from-an-existing-container