Do not see `/var/jenkins_home/workspace` directory - docker

Question

I have started a jenkins container like so:
docker run -u $(id -u) -dit -p 49001:8080 -v "$(pwd)/jenkins_home":/var/jenkins_home --name jenkins jenkins/jenkins:latest
This basically starts and container and I am able to run my pipelines. I created a very simple pipeline like so:
pipeline {
agent any
stages {
stage('Hello') {
steps {
input message: 'Do you want to proceed', ok: 'Yes'
}
}
}
}
When I run the pipeline I see the following console output for this pipeline:
Running on Jenkins in /var/jenkins_home/workspace/first_pipeline
...
Do you wnat to proceed
Yes or Abort
I have let the pipeline hang there but not supplying the input and went into check the workspace directory inside docker container and I do not see any subdirectory workspace inside /var/jenkins_home
Any ideas why this is happening?

Answer 1

It turned out the issue was exactly what #Ian W mentioned in comment above. If I update the pipeline to actually create files then I can see the workspace being created. Here is the updated pipeline:
pipeline {
agent any
stages {
stage('Hello') {
steps {
writeFile(file: "test.txt", text: "Main workspace")
dir(pwd(tmp: true)) {
writeFile(file: "test.txt", text: "Temporary workspace")
}
input message: 'Do you want to proceed', ok: 'Yes'
echo "Test completed"
}
}
}
}