| --- |
| title: "export" |
| description: "The export command description and usage" |
| keywords: "export, file, system, container" |
| --- |
| |
| # export |
| |
| ```markdown |
| Usage: docker export [OPTIONS] CONTAINER |
| |
| Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive |
| |
| Options: |
| --help Print usage |
| -o, --output string Write to a file, instead of STDOUT |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Description |
| |
| The `docker export` command does not 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` will export the contents of the *underlying* |
| directory, not the contents of the volume. |
| |
| Refer to [Backup, restore, or migrate data volumes](https://docs.docker.com/v17.03/engine/tutorials/dockervolumes/#backup-restore-or-migrate-data-volumes) |
| in the user guide for examples on exporting data in a volume. |
| |
| ## Examples |
| |
| Each of these commands has the same result. |
| |
| ```bash |
| $ docker export red_panda > latest.tar |
| ``` |
| |
| ```bash |
| $ docker export --output="latest.tar" red_panda |
| ``` |
