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% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014

NAME

docker-export - Export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT

SYNOPSIS

docker export 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.

OPTIONS

There are no available options.

EXAMPLES

Export the contents of the container called angry_bell to a tar file called test.tar:

# docker export angry_bell > test.tar
# ls *.tar
test.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@home.org.au