NAME

       docker-save - Save an image(s) to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)

SYNOPSIS

       docker save [--help] [-o|--output[=OUTPUT]] IMAGE [IMAGE...]

DESCRIPTION

       Produces  a  tarred  repository to the standard output stream. Contains all parent layers, and all tags +
       versions, or specified repo:tag.

       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

       Save all  fedora  repository  images  to  a  fedora-all.tar  and  save  the  latest  fedora  image  to  a
       fedora-latest.tar:

              $ sudo docker save fedora > fedora-all.tar
              $ sudo docker save --output=fedora-latest.tar fedora:latest
              $ ls -sh fedora-all.tar
              721M fedora-all.tar
              $ ls -sh fedora-latest.tar
              367M fedora-latest.tar

See also

       docker-load(1) to load an image from a tar archive on STDIN.

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⟩  November
       2014, updated by Sven Dowideit ⟨SvenDowideit@home.org.au⟩