DOCKER(1)

NAME

docker-export - Export the contents of a filesystem as a tar archive to STDOUT

SYNOPSIS

docker export [--help] CONTAINER

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

--help Print usage statement

EXAMPLES

Export the contents of the container called angry_bell to a tar file called test.tar:

    # docker export angry_bell > test.tar
    # ls *.tar
    test.tar

HISTORY

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 <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>

AUTHORS
Docker Community.