package images // import "github.com/docker/docker/daemon/images" import ( "io" "github.com/docker/docker/image/tarexport" ) // ExportImage exports a list of images to the given output stream. The // exported images are archived into a tar when written to the output // stream. All images with the given tag and all versions containing // the same tag are exported. names is the set of tags to export, and // outStream is the writer which the images are written to. func (i *ImageService) ExportImage(names []string, outStream io.Writer) error { imageExporter := tarexport.NewTarExporter(i.imageStore, i.layerStores, i.referenceStore, i) return imageExporter.Save(names, outStream) } // LoadImage uploads a set of images into the repository. This is the // complement of ExportImage. The input stream is an uncompressed tar // ball containing images and metadata. func (i *ImageService) LoadImage(inTar io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, quiet bool) error { imageExporter := tarexport.NewTarExporter(i.imageStore, i.layerStores, i.referenceStore, i) return imageExporter.Load(inTar, outStream, quiet) }