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     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  Stream to a file instead of STDOUT by using **-o**.
    18  
    19  # OPTIONS
    20  **--help**
    21    Print usage statement
    22  **-o**, **--output**=""
    23     Write to a file, instead of STDOUT
    24  
    25  # EXAMPLES
    26  Export the contents of the container called angry_bell to a tar file
    27  called angry_bell.tar:
    28  
    29      # docker export angry_bell > angry_bell.tar
    30      # docker export --output=angry_bell-latest.tar angry_bell
    31      # ls -sh angry_bell.tar
    32      321M angry_bell.tar
    33      # ls -sh angry_bell-latest.tar
    34      321M angry_bell-latest.tar
    35  
    36  # See also
    37  **docker-import(1)** to create an empty filesystem image
    38  and import the contents of the tarball into it, then optionally tag it.
    39  
    40  # HISTORY
    41  April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
    42  based on docker.com source material and internal work.
    43  June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>
    44  Janurary 2015, updated by Joseph Kern (josephakern at gmail dot com)