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     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 a local file or directory.
    13  **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** saves 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  @@option dir-compress
    28  
    29  Note: This flag can only be set with **--format=docker-dir**.
    30  
    31  #### **--format**=*format*
    32  
    33  An image format to produce, one of:
    34  
    35  | Format             | Description                                                                  |
    36  | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
    37  | **docker-archive** | A tar archive interoperable with **docker load(1)** (the default)            |
    38  | **oci-archive**    | A tar archive using the OCI Image Format                                     |
    39  | **oci-dir**        | A directory using the OCI Image Format                                       |
    40  | **docker-dir**     | **dir** transport (see **containers-transports(5)**) with v2s2 manifest type |
    41  
    42  #### **--help**, **-h**
    43  
    44  Print usage statement
    45  
    46  #### **--multi-image-archive**, **-m**
    47  
    48  Allow for creating archives with more than one image.  Additional names are interpreted as images instead of tags.  Only supported for **--format=docker-archive**.
    49  The default for this option can be modified via the `multi_image_archive="true"|"false"` flag in containers.conf.
    50  
    51  #### **--output**, **-o**=*file*
    52  
    53  Write to a file, default is STDOUT
    54  
    55  #### **--quiet**, **-q**
    56  
    57  Suppress the output
    58  
    59  #### **--uncompressed**
    60  
    61  Accept uncompressed layers when using one of the OCI formats.
    62  
    63  ## EXAMPLES
    64  
    65  Save image to a local file without displaying progress.
    66  ```
    67  $ podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6
    68  ```
    69  
    70  Save image to stdout and redirect content via shell.
    71  ```
    72  $ podman save alpine > alpine-all.tar
    73  ```
    74  
    75  Save image in oci-archive format to the local file.
    76  ```
    77  $ podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine
    78  ```
    79  
    80  Save image compressed in docker-dir format.
    81  ```
    82  $ podman save --compress --format docker-dir -o alp-dir alpine
    83  Getting image source signatures
    84  Copying blob sha256:2fdfe1cd78c20d05774f0919be19bc1a3e4729bce219968e4188e7e0f1af679d
    85   1.97 MB / 1.97 MB [========================================================] 0s
    86  Copying config sha256:501d1a8f0487e93128df34ea349795bc324d5e0c0d5112e08386a9dfaff620be
    87   584 B / 584 B [============================================================] 0s
    88  Writing manifest to image destination
    89  Storing signatures
    90  ```
    91  
    92  ## SEE ALSO
    93  **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-load(1)](podman-load.1.md)**, **[containers.conf(5)](https://github.com/containers/common/blob/main/docs/containers.conf.5.md)**, **[containers-transports(5)](https://github.com/containers/image/blob/main/docs/containers-transports.5.md)**
    94  
    95  ## HISTORY
    96  July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>