github.com/hanks177/podman/v4@v4.1.3-0.20220613032544-16d90015bc83/docs/source/markdown/podman-volume-import.1.md (about) 1 % podman-volume-import(1) 2 3 ## NAME 4 podman\-volume\-import - Import tarball contents into an existing podman volume 5 6 ## SYNOPSIS 7 **podman volume import** *volume* [*source*] 8 9 ## DESCRIPTION 10 11 **podman volume import** imports the contents of a tarball into the podman volume's mount point. 12 **podman volume import** can consume piped input when using `-` as source path. 13 14 The given volume must already exist and will not be created by podman volume import. 15 16 Note: Following command is not supported by podman-remote. 17 18 #### **--help** 19 20 Print usage statement 21 22 ## EXAMPLES 23 24 ``` 25 $ gunzip -c hello.tar.gz | podman volume import myvol - 26 ``` 27 ``` 28 $ podman volume import myvol test.tar 29 ``` 30 ``` 31 $ podman volume export myvol | podman volume import oldmyvol - 32 ``` 33 34 ## SEE ALSO 35 **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-volume(1)](podman-volume.1.md)**, **[podman-volume-export(1)](podman-volume-export.1.md)**