docker-latest-export (1) - Linux Man Pages

docker-latest-export: Export the contents of a container's filesystem as a tar archive

NAME

docker-export - Export the contents of a container's filesystem as a tar archive

SYNOPSIS

docker export [--help] [-o|--output[=""]] 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

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 [at] home.org.au> January 2015, updated by Joseph Kern (josephakern at gmail dot com)