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crane export — Export filesystem of a container image as a tarball. More information: <https://github.com/google/go

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Problem

How to use the crane export command: Export filesystem of a container image as a tarball. More information: <https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/blob/main/cmd/crane/doc/crane_export.md>.

Solution

crane export — Export filesystem of a container image as a tarball. More information: <https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/blob/main/cmd/crane/doc/crane_export.md>.

Write tarball to stdout:

crane export {{image_name}} -

Write tarball to file:

crane export {{image_name}} {{path/to/tarball}}

Read image from stdin:

crane export - {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Write tarball to `stdout`

crane export {{image_name}} -

Write tarball to file

crane export {{image_name}} {{path/to/tarball}}

Read image from `stdin`

crane export - {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/crane export

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