docker container export

Description Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive
Usage docker container export [OPTIONS] CONTAINER
Aliases
docker export

Description

The docker export command doesn't export the contents of volumes associated with the container. If a volume is mounted on top of an existing directory in the container, docker export exports the contents of the underlying directory, not the contents of the volume.

Refer to Backup, restore, or migrate data volumes in the user guide for examples on exporting data in a volume.

Options

Option Default Description
-o, --output Write to a file, instead of STDOUT

Examples

The following commands produce the same result.

$ docker export red_panda > latest.tar
$ docker export --output="latest.tar" red_panda