Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive
docker container export, docker export
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-o, --output | string | Write to a file, instead of STDOUT |
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.
The following commands produce the same result.
$ docker export red_panda > latest.tar
$ docker export --output="latest.tar" red_panda