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)