docker-latest-export (1) - Linux Manuals
docker-latest-export: Export the contents of a container's filesystem as a tar archive
NAME
docker-export - Export the contents of a container's filesystem as a tar archive
SYNOPSIS
docker export [--help] [-o|--output[=""]] CONTAINER
DESCRIPTION
Export the contents of a container's filesystem using the full or shortened container ID or container name. The output is exported to STDOUT and can be redirected to a tar file.
Stream to a file instead of STDOUT by using -o.
OPTIONS
--help
-o, --output=""
Export the contents of the container called angry_bell to a tar file
called angry_bell.tar:
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
based on docker.com source material and internal work.
June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit
<SvenDowideit [at] home.org.au>
January 2015, updated by Joseph Kern (josephakern at gmail dot com)
docker-import(1) to create an empty filesystem image
and import the contents of the tarball into it, then optionally tag it.
EXAMPLES
# docker export angry_bell > angry_bell.tar
# docker export --output=angry_bell-latest.tar angry_bell
# ls -sh angry_bell.tar
321M angry_bell.tar
# ls -sh angry_bell-latest.tar
321M angry_bell-latest.tar
HISTORY
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