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     3  % JUNE 2014
     4  # NAME
     5  docker-load - Load an image from a tar archive on STDIN
     6  
     7  # SYNOPSIS
     8  **docker load**
     9  [**-i**|**--input**[=*INPUT*]]
    10  
    11  
    12  # DESCRIPTION
    13  
    14  Loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream.
    15  Restores both images and tags.
    16  
    17  # OPTIONS
    18  **-i**, **--input**=""
    19     Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN
    20  
    21  # EXAMPLES
    22  
    23      $ sudo docker images
    24      REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
    25      busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
    26      $ sudo docker load --input fedora.tar
    27      $ sudo docker images
    28      REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
    29      busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
    30      fedora              rawhide             0d20aec6529d        7 weeks ago         387 MB
    31      fedora              20                  58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
    32      fedora              heisenbug           58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
    33      fedora              latest              58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
    34  
    35  # HISTORY
    36  April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
    37  based on docker.com source material and internal work.
    38  June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>