github.com/feiyang21687/docker@v1.5.0/docs/man/docker-export.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % Docker Community 3 % JUNE 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker-export - Export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker export** 9 [**--help**] 10 CONTAINER 11 12 # DESCRIPTION 13 Export the contents of a container's filesystem using the full or shortened 14 container ID or container name. The output is exported to STDOUT and can be 15 redirected to a tar file. 16 17 # OPTIONS 18 **--help** 19 Print usage statement 20 21 # EXAMPLES 22 Export the contents of the container called angry_bell to a tar file 23 called test.tar: 24 25 # docker export angry_bell > test.tar 26 # ls *.tar 27 test.tar 28 29 # HISTORY 30 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 31 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 32 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>