podman-container-export

podman-export(1) General Commands Manual podman-export(1)

NAME

   podman-export - Export a container's filesystem contents as a tar archive

SYNOPSIS

   podman export [options] container

   podman container export [options] container

DESCRIPTION

   podman export exports the filesystem of a container and saves it as a tarball on the local machine. podman export writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a file using the
   --output  flag.   The  image  of  the  container exported by podman export can be imported by podman import.  To export image(s) with parent layers, use podman save.  Note: : is a re‐
   stricted character and cannot be part of the file name.

   podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

   podman export [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

   podman export [OPTIONS] CONTAINER

OPTIONS --help, -h

   Print usage statement

--output, -o

   Write to a file, default is STDOUT

EXAMPLES

   Export container into specified tar ball:

   $ podman export -o redis-container.tar 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57

   Export container to stdout:

   $ podman export 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57 > redis-container.tar

SEE ALSO

   podman(1), podman-import(1)

HISTORY

   August 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩

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