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     1  % podman-load(1)
     2  
     3  ## NAME
     4  podman\-load - Load image(s) from a tar archive into container storage
     5  
     6  ## SYNOPSIS
     7  **podman load** [*options*]
     8  
     9  **podman image load** [*options*]
    10  
    11  ## DESCRIPTION
    12  **podman load** loads an image from either an **oci-archive** or a **docker-archive** stored on the local machine into container storage. **podman load** reads from stdin by default or a file if the **input** option is set.
    13  **podman load** is used for loading from the archive generated by **podman save**, that includes the image parent layers. To load the archive of container's filesystem created by **podman export**, use **podman import**.
    14  
    15  The local client further supports loading an **oci-dir** or a **docker-dir** as created with **podman save** (1).
    16  
    17  The **quiet** option suppresses the progress output when set.
    18  Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.
    19  
    20  
    21  **podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
    22  
    23  **podman load [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
    24  
    25  **podman load [OPTIONS]**
    26  
    27  ## OPTIONS
    28  
    29  #### **--help**, **-h**
    30  
    31  Print usage statement
    32  
    33  #### **--input**, **-i**=*input*
    34  
    35  Load the specified input file instead of from stdin.  The file can be on the local file system or on a server (e.g., https://server.com/archive.tar)
    36  
    37  The remote client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines, requires the use of this option.
    38  
    39  NOTE: Use the environment variable `TMPDIR` to change the temporary storage location of container images. Podman defaults to use `/var/tmp`.
    40  
    41  #### **--quiet**, **-q**
    42  
    43  Suppress the progress output
    44  
    45  ## EXAMPLES
    46  
    47  ```
    48  $ podman load --quiet -i fedora.tar
    49  ```
    50  
    51  ```
    52  $ podman load -q -i https://server.com/archive.tar
    53  ```
    54  
    55  ```
    56  $ podman load < fedora.tar
    57  Getting image source signatures
    58  Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
    59   0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
    60  Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
    61   0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
    62  Writing manifest to image destination
    63  Storing signatures
    64  Loaded image:  registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest
    65  ```
    66  
    67  ```
    68  $ cat fedora.tar | podman load
    69  Getting image source signatures
    70  Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
    71   0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
    72  Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
    73   0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
    74  Writing manifest to image destination
    75  Storing signatures
    76  Loaded image:  registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest
    77  ```
    78  
    79  ## SEE ALSO
    80  **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-save(1)](podman-save.1.md)**
    81  
    82  ## HISTORY
    83  July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>