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)

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