github.com/containers/podman/v5@v5.1.0-rc1/docs/source/markdown/podman-volume-export.1.md (about) 1 % podman-volume-export 1 2 3 ## NAME 4 podman\-volume\-export - Export volume to external tar 5 6 ## SYNOPSIS 7 **podman volume export** [*options*] *volume* 8 9 ## DESCRIPTION 10 11 **podman volume export** exports the contents of a podman volume and saves it as a tarball 12 on the local machine. **podman volume export** writes to STDOUT by default and can be 13 redirected to a file using the `--output` flag. 14 15 Note: Following command is not supported by podman-remote. 16 17 **podman volume export [OPTIONS] VOLUME** 18 19 ## OPTIONS 20 21 #### **--help** 22 23 Print usage statement 24 25 #### **--output**, **-o**=*file* 26 27 Write to a file, default is STDOUT 28 29 ## EXAMPLES 30 31 Export named volume content into the specified file. 32 ``` 33 $ podman volume export myvol --output myvol.tar 34 35 ``` 36 37 ## SEE ALSO 38 **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-volume(1)](podman-volume.1.md)**, **[podman-volume-import(1)](podman-volume-import.1.md)**