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