moby--moby/contrib/man/md/docker-export.md

% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % William Henry % APRIL 2014

NAME

docker-export - Export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT.

SYNOPSIS

docker export 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.

EXAMPLE

Export the contents of the container called angry_bell to a tar file called test.tar:

# docker export angry_bell > test.tar
# ls *.tar
test.tar

HISTORY

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.io source material and internal work.