Why do they call container image files "docker.img" instead of "container.img"

[xrqp]

Why do they call container image files "docker.img" instead of "container.img"?

[Squid]

Same reason why you drive on a parkway, park on a driveway and get ticketed if you do the opposite.

 

It's simply a misnomer commonly in use here (same thing as referring to the container itself as a "docker")

[xrqp]

I like that answer.  Thanks.

 

There is a Docker virtual disk image.  I wonder what they call that? 

Edited May 10, 2021 by xrqp

[xrqp]

I used to think that it was OK to call a container a docker.  But now that I have a docker problem (not a container problem) I don't think it is OK anymore.  But I will not say anything when people misuse it, cause they'll think I am an ass.  Plus the misnomer in this thread's subject is official.

[xrqp]

I think I saw that the overall docker image is also called "docker.img".  Is that correct?