github.com/containers/podman/v2@v2.2.2-0.20210501105131-c1e07d070c4c/docs/source/markdown/podman-save.1.md (about) 1 % podman-save(1) 2 3 ## NAME 4 podman\-save - Save image(s) to an archive 5 6 ## SYNOPSIS 7 **podman save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*] 8 9 **podman image save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*] 10 11 ## DESCRIPTION 12 **podman save** saves an image to either **docker-archive**, **oci-archive**, **oci-dir** (directory with oci manifest type), or **docker-dir** (directory with v2s2 manifest type) on the local machine, 13 default is **docker-archive**. **podman save** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a 14 file using the **output** flag. The **quiet** flag suppresses the output when set. 15 **podman save** will save parent layers of the image(s) and the image(s) can be loaded using **podman load**. 16 To export the containers, use the **podman export**. 17 Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name. 18 19 **podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]** 20 21 **podman save [GLOBAL OPTIONS]** 22 23 **podman save [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]** 24 25 ## OPTIONS 26 27 #### **--compress** 28 29 Compress tarball image layers when pushing to a directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same compression type, compressed or uncompressed, as source) 30 Note: This flag can only be set when using the **dir** transport i.e --format=oci-dir or --format-docker-dir 31 32 #### **--output**, **-o**=*file* 33 34 Write to a file, default is STDOUT 35 36 #### **--format**=*format* 37 38 Save image to **oci-archive, oci-dir** (directory with oci manifest type), or **docker-dir** (directory with v2s2 manifest type) 39 ``` 40 --format oci-archive 41 --format oci-dir 42 --format docker-dir 43 ``` 44 45 #### **--multi-image-archive**, **-m** 46 47 Allow for creating archives with more than one image. Additional names will be interpreted as images instead of tags. Only supported for **docker-archive**. 48 49 #### **--quiet**, **-q** 50 51 Suppress the output 52 53 #### **--help**, **-h** 54 55 Print usage statement 56 57 ## EXAMPLES 58 59 ``` 60 $ podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6 61 ``` 62 63 ``` 64 $ podman save > alpine-all.tar alpine 65 ``` 66 67 ``` 68 $ podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine 69 ``` 70 71 ``` 72 $ podman save --compress --format oci-dir -o alp-dir alpine 73 Getting image source signatures 74 Copying blob sha256:2fdfe1cd78c20d05774f0919be19bc1a3e4729bce219968e4188e7e0f1af679d 75 1.97 MB / 1.97 MB [========================================================] 0s 76 Copying config sha256:501d1a8f0487e93128df34ea349795bc324d5e0c0d5112e08386a9dfaff620be 77 584 B / 584 B [============================================================] 0s 78 Writing manifest to image destination 79 Storing signatures 80 ``` 81 82 ``` 83 $ podman save --format docker-dir -o ubuntu-dir ubuntu 84 Getting image source signatures 85 Copying blob sha256:660c48dd555dcbfdfe19c80a30f557ac57a15f595250e67bfad1e5663c1725bb 86 45.55 MB / 45.55 MB [======================================================] 8s 87 Copying blob sha256:4c7380416e7816a5ab1f840482c9c3ca8de58c6f3ee7f95e55ad299abbfe599f 88 846 B / 846 B [============================================================] 0s 89 Copying blob sha256:421e436b5f80d876128b74139531693be9b4e59e4f1081c9a3c379c95094e375 90 620 B / 620 B [============================================================] 0s 91 Copying blob sha256:e4ce6c3651b3a090bb43688f512f687ea6e3e533132bcbc4a83fb97e7046cea3 92 849 B / 849 B [============================================================] 0s 93 Copying blob sha256:be588e74bd348ce48bb7161350f4b9d783c331f37a853a80b0b4abc0a33c569e 94 169 B / 169 B [============================================================] 0s 95 Copying config sha256:20c44cd7596ff4807aef84273c99588d22749e2a7e15a7545ac96347baa65eda 96 3.53 KB / 3.53 KB [========================================================] 0s 97 Writing manifest to image destination 98 Storing signatures 99 ``` 100 101 ## SEE ALSO 102 podman(1), podman-load(1) 103 104 ## HISTORY 105 July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>