podman-export

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 restricted 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

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-import(1)

HISTORY

August 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani [email protected] ⟨mailto:[email protected]⟩