NAME

       podman-save - Save image(s) to an archive

SYNOPSIS

       podman save [options] name[:tag]

       podman image save [options] name[:tag]

DESCRIPTION

       podman  save saves an image to a local file or directory.  podman save writes to STDOUT by
       default and can be redirected to a file using the output flag. The quiet  flag  suppresses
       the output when set.  podman save saves parent layers of the image(s) and the image(s) can
       be loaded using podman load.  To export the containers, use the podman export.  Note: : is
       a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.

       podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

       podman save [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

       podman save [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]

OPTIONS

   --compress
       Compress  tarball  image  layers  when  pushing  to a directory using the 'dir' transport.
       (default is same compression type, compressed or uncompressed, as source)

       Note: This flag can only be set with --format=docker-dir.

   --format=format
       An image format to produce, one of:

       ┌───────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │Format         │ Description                                                          │
       ├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │docker-archive │ A tar archive interoperable with docker load(1) (the default)        │
       ├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │oci-archive    │ A tar archive using the OCI Image Format                             │
       ├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │oci-dir        │ A directory using the OCI Image Format                               │
       ├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │docker-dir     │ dir transport (see containers-transports(5)) with v2s2 manifest type │
       └───────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

   --help, -h
       Print usage statement

   --multi-image-archive, -m
       Allow for creating archives with more than one image.  Additional names are interpreted as
       images instead of tags.  Only supported for --format=docker-archive.  The default for this
       option can be modified via the multi_image_archive="true"|"false" flag in containers.conf.

   --output, -o=file
       Write to a file, default is STDOUT

   --quiet, -q
       Suppress the output

   --uncompressed
       Accept uncompressed layers when using one of the OCI formats.

EXAMPLES

       Save image to a local file without displaying progress.

       $ podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6

       Save image to stdout and redirect content via shell.

       $ podman save alpine > alpine-all.tar

       Save image in oci-archive format to the local file.

       $ podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine

       Save image compressed in docker-dir format.

       $ podman save --compress --format docker-dir -o alp-dir alpine
       Getting image source signatures
       Copying blob sha256:2fdfe1cd78c20d05774f0919be19bc1a3e4729bce219968e4188e7e0f1af679d
        1.97 MB / 1.97 MB [========================================================] 0s
       Copying config sha256:501d1a8f0487e93128df34ea349795bc324d5e0c0d5112e08386a9dfaff620be
        584 B / 584 B [============================================================] 0s
       Writing manifest to image destination
       Storing signatures

SEE ALSO

       podman(1), podman-load(1), containers.conf(5), containers-transports(5)

HISTORY

       July    2017,    Originally    compiled    by    Urvashi    Mohnani    umohnani@redhat.com
       ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩

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