Issue with python not finding Input File in Podman

[budhabanerjee]

I have opened a podman container for python 3.12 using the following command line:

C:\Users\banerjee\Work\Migration_SCS_Signer\Py3_SCSSigner_2.0.0\2.0.0>podman run -it -v .:/home python:3.12 bash

Inside, when I try to execute the following command, it gives me the following error:

**_root@0f3b15436a56:/home/scssigner# python main.py -d -i /home/a.xml
2025-08-07 14:14:30,312 [INFO] init() @main.py:145 -- Verbosity level: VERBOSE
Usage: python Main.py [options]

main.py: error: Input file does not exist: /home/a.xml
root@0f3b15436a56:/home/scssigner#_**

The file 'a.xml' does exist and i can find it using 'ls'.
The code in the 'main.py' file where the error comes from is as follows:

inputFilePath = normpath(abspath(self.inputFilePath))
if (not access(inputFilePath, F_OK)):
parser.error('Input file does not exist: %s' % self.inputFilePath)

It seems to me (I am new to 'container') that maybe the mount path in Podman is somehow the issue but I can't figure out how to solve this. I would appreciate any help on this.