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     4  # NAME
     5  docker-import - Create an empty filesystem image and import the contents of the tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz) into it, then optionally tag it.
     6  
     7  # SYNOPSIS
     8  **docker import**
     9  [**-c**|**--change**[=*[]*]]
    10  [**-m**|**--message**[=*MESSAGE*]]
    11  [**--help**]
    12  file|URL|**-**[REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
    13  
    14  # OPTIONS
    15  **-c**, **--change**=[]
    16     Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
    17     Supported Dockerfile instructions: `CMD`|`ENTRYPOINT`|`ENV`|`EXPOSE`|`ONBUILD`|`USER`|`VOLUME`|`WORKDIR`
    18  
    19  **--help**
    20    Print usage statement
    21  
    22  **-m**, **--message**=""
    23     Set commit message for imported image
    24  
    25  # DESCRIPTION
    26  Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball (`.tar`,
    27  `.tar.gz`, `.tgz`, `.bzip`, `.tar.xz`, `.txz`) into it, then optionally tag it.
    28  
    29  
    30  # EXAMPLES
    31  
    32  ## Import from a remote location
    33  
    34      # docker import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz example/imagerepo
    35  
    36  ## Import from a local file
    37  
    38  Import to docker via pipe and stdin:
    39  
    40      # cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import - example/imagelocal
    41  
    42  Import with a commit message. 
    43  
    44      # cat exampleimage.tgz | docker import --message "New image imported from tarball" - exampleimagelocal:new
    45  
    46  Import to a Docker image from a local file.
    47  
    48      # docker import /path/to/exampleimage.tgz 
    49  
    50  
    51  ## Import from a local file and tag
    52  
    53  Import to docker via pipe and stdin:
    54  
    55      # cat exampleimageV2.tgz | docker import - example/imagelocal:V-2.0
    56  
    57  ## Import from a local directory
    58  
    59      # tar -c . | docker import - exampleimagedir
    60  
    61  ## Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
    62  This example sets the docker image ENV variable DEBUG to true by default.
    63  
    64      # tar -c . | docker import -c="ENV DEBUG true" - exampleimagedir
    65  
    66  # See also
    67  **docker-export(1)** to export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT.
    68  
    69  # HISTORY
    70  April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
    71  based on docker.com source material and internal work.
    72  June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>