# File bindings vs device bindings

**URL:** <https://forums.mobyproject.org/t/file-bindings-vs-device-bindings/319>\
**Category:** Architecture\
**Created:** [August 8, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.mobyproject.org/t/file-bindings-vs-device-bindings/319 "2018-08-08T12:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![SergiyIvanovAtGTI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@SergiyIvanovAtGTI](https://forums.mobyproject.org/u/SergiyIvanovAtGTI)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.mobyproject.org/t/file-bindings-vs-device-bindings/319/1 "2018-08-08T12:41:19Z")

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Hi there. I’ve applied a bug regarding issue that my symlink device is not bound to container device even it is mentioned in device list explicitly:  
[https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/37607](https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/37607).  
I found a workaround to apply simple file binding via -v option (or via HostConfig.Binds option of /containers/create endpoint). It seems to work but i want to know possible differencies between these two solutions.