.TH "DOCKER" "1" " Docker User Manuals" "Docker Community" "JUNE 2014"  ""


.SH NAME
.PP
docker\-export \- Export the contents of a container's filesystem as a tar archive


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBdocker export\fP
[\fB\-\-help\fP]
[\fB\-o\fP|\fB\-\-output\fP[=\fI""\fP]]
CONTAINER


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Export the contents of a container's filesystem using the full or shortened
container ID or container name. The output is exported to STDOUT and can be
redirected to a tar file.

.PP
Stream to a file instead of STDOUT by using \fB\-o\fP.


.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB\-\-help\fP
  Print usage statement

.PP
\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-output\fP=""
  Write to a file, instead of STDOUT


.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
Export the contents of the container called angry\_bell to a tar file
called angry\_bell.tar:

.PP
.RS

.nf
# docker export angry\_bell > angry\_bell.tar
# docker export \-\-output=angry\_bell\-latest.tar angry\_bell
# ls \-sh angry\_bell.tar
321M angry\_bell.tar
# ls \-sh angry\_bell\-latest.tar
321M angry\_bell\-latest.tar

.fi
.RE


.SH See also
.PP
\fBdocker\-import(1)\fP to create an empty filesystem image
and import the contents of the tarball into it, then optionally tag it.


.SH HISTORY
.PP
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
based on docker.com source material and internal work.
June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit 
\[la][email protected]\[ra]
January 2015, updated by Joseph Kern (josephakern at gmail dot com)