docker export

docker export export a container’s filesystem as a tar archive

• https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/export/

docker export container-name | gzip > container-name.gz
docker export container-name > container-name.tar
zcat container-name.gz | docker import - container-name

• List files: docker export your-container | tar t

cowardly refusing to save to a terminal. Use the -o flag or redirect

Related terms

• docker save
• docker load
• Backup docker containers

docker cp

See also

• docker [config | pull | push | run | start, | stop| cp | events | info | version | build | commit | image | images | image ls |image inspect | rmi | rm | tag | exec | rename | manifest | save | service update | load ], docker --help