podman-export.1.md

% 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 restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.

podman export operates on a container's filesystem: it flattens the filesystem into a single-layer tarball with no image layers, history or tags. This is different from podman save, which archives an image and preserves its layers, history and tags. To archive an image instead, see podman-save(1).

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