github.com/stchris/docker@v1.4.2-0.20150106053530-1510a324dbd5/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 CONTAINER 10 11 # DESCRIPTION 12 Export the contents of a container's filesystem using the full or shortened 13 container ID or container name. The output is exported to STDOUT and can be 14 redirected to a tar file. 15 16 # OPTIONS 17 There are no available options. 18 19 # EXAMPLES 20 Export the contents of the container called angry_bell to a tar file 21 called test.tar: 22 23 # docker export angry_bell > test.tar 24 # ls *.tar 25 test.tar 26 27 # HISTORY 28 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 29 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 30 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>