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podman-export(1)	     General Commands Manual		podman-export(1)

NAME
     podman-export - Export a container's filesystem contents as a tar archive

SYNOPSIS
     podman export [options] container

     podman container export [options] container

DESCRIPTION
     podman  export exports the filesystem of a container and saves it as a tar-
     ball on the local machine. podman export writes to STDOUT	by  default  and
     can be redirected to a file using the --output flag.  The image of the con-
     tainer  exported by podman export can be imported by podman import.  To ex-
     port image(s) with parent layers, use podman save.  Note: : is a restricted
     character and cannot be part of the file name.

     podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

     podman export [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

     podman export [OPTIONS] CONTAINER

OPTIONS
   --help, -h
     Print usage statement

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

EXAMPLES
     Export container into specified tar ball:

     $ podman export -o redis-container.tar 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57

     Export container to stdout:

     $ podman export 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57 > redis-container.tar

SEE ALSO
     podman(1), podman-import(1)

HISTORY
     August 2017, Originally compiled  by  Urvashi  Mohnani  umohnani@redhat.com
     <mailto:umohnani@redhat.com>

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