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Ed Santiago 9b0c8d23bd man pages: sort flags, and keep them that way
Command flags (OPTIONS) in man pages have to date been in
haphazard order. Sometimes that order is sensible, e.g.,
most-important options first, but more often they're
just in arbitrary places. This makes life hard for users.

Here, I update the man-page-check Makefile script so it
checks and enforces alphabetical order in OPTIONS sections.
Then -- the hard part -- update all existing man pages to
conform to this requirement.

Signed-off-by: Ed Santiago <santiago@redhat.com>
2022-03-23 13:49:42 -06:00

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% podman-save(1)
## NAME
podman\-save - Save image(s) to an archive
## SYNOPSIS
**podman save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*]
**podman image save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*]
## DESCRIPTION
**podman save** saves an image to a local file or directory.
**podman save** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a
file using the **output** flag. The **quiet** flag suppresses the output when set.
**podman save** will save parent layers of the image(s) and the image(s) can be loaded using **podman load**.
To export the containers, use the **podman export**.
Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.
**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
**podman save [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
**podman save [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]**
## OPTIONS
#### **--compress**
Compress tarball image layers when pushing to a directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same compression type, compressed or uncompressed, as source)
Note: This flag can only be set with **--format=docker-dir**.
#### **--format**=*format*
An image format to produce, one of:
| Format | Description |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **docker-archive** | A tar archive interoperable with **docker load(1)** (the default) |
| **oci-archive** | A tar archive using the OCI Image Format |
| **oci-dir** | A directory using the OCI Image Format |
| **docker-dir** | **dir** transport (see **containers-transports(5)**) with v2s2 manifest type |
#### **--help**, **-h**
Print usage statement
#### **--multi-image-archive**, **-m**
Allow for creating archives with more than one image. Additional names will be interpreted as images instead of tags. Only supported for **--format=docker-archive**.
The default for this option can be modified via the `multi_image_archive="true"|"false"` flag in containers.conf.
#### **--output**, **-o**=*file*
Write to a file, default is STDOUT
#### **--quiet**, **-q**
Suppress the output
#### **--uncompressed**
Accept uncompressed layers when using one of the OCI formats.
## EXAMPLES
```
$ podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6
```
```
$ podman save > alpine-all.tar alpine
```
```
$ podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine
```
```
$ podman save --compress --format oci-dir -o alp-dir alpine
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:2fdfe1cd78c20d05774f0919be19bc1a3e4729bce219968e4188e7e0f1af679d
1.97 MB / 1.97 MB [========================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:501d1a8f0487e93128df34ea349795bc324d5e0c0d5112e08386a9dfaff620be
584 B / 584 B [============================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
```
```
$ podman save --format docker-dir -o ubuntu-dir ubuntu
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:660c48dd555dcbfdfe19c80a30f557ac57a15f595250e67bfad1e5663c1725bb
45.55 MB / 45.55 MB [======================================================] 8s
Copying blob sha256:4c7380416e7816a5ab1f840482c9c3ca8de58c6f3ee7f95e55ad299abbfe599f
846 B / 846 B [============================================================] 0s
Copying blob sha256:421e436b5f80d876128b74139531693be9b4e59e4f1081c9a3c379c95094e375
620 B / 620 B [============================================================] 0s
Copying blob sha256:e4ce6c3651b3a090bb43688f512f687ea6e3e533132bcbc4a83fb97e7046cea3
849 B / 849 B [============================================================] 0s
Copying blob sha256:be588e74bd348ce48bb7161350f4b9d783c331f37a853a80b0b4abc0a33c569e
169 B / 169 B [============================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:20c44cd7596ff4807aef84273c99588d22749e2a7e15a7545ac96347baa65eda
3.53 KB / 3.53 KB [========================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
```
## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-load(1)](podman-load.1.md)**, **[containers.conf(5)](https://github.com/containers/common/blob/main/docs/containers.conf.5.md)**, **[containers-transports(5)](https://github.com/containers/image/blob/main/docs/containers-transports.5.md)**
## HISTORY
July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>