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podman export — Export the filesystem of a container and save it as a tarball on the local machine. See also: `podma

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Problem

How to use the podman export command: Export the filesystem of a container and save it as a tarball on the local machine. See also: podman import, podman save. More information: <https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-export.1.html>.

Solution

podman export — Export the filesystem of a container and save it as a tarball on the local machine. See also: podman import, podman save. More information: <https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-export.1.html>.

Export a container's filesystem to a tar file:

podman export {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.tar}} {{container_name_or_id}}

Export a container's filesystem to stdout:

podman export {{container_name_or_id}} > {{path/to/file.tar}}

Code Snippets

Export a container's filesystem to a tar file

podman export {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.tar}} {{container_name_or_id}}

Export a container's filesystem to `stdout`

podman export {{container_name_or_id}} > {{path/to/file.tar}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/podman export

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