trusty (1) docker-export.1.gz

Provided by: docker.io_1.6.2~dfsg1-1ubuntu4~14.04.1_amd64 bug

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


SYNOPSIS
       docker export [--help] 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
         Print usage statement -o, --output=""
          Write to a file, instead of STDOUT


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

              # 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


See also
       docker-import(1) to create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball into it, then
       optionally tag it.


HISTORY
       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@home.org.au⟩  Janurary
       2015, updated by Joseph Kern (josephakern at gmail dot com)