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umohnani8 d5d6e68592 Make ':' a restricted character for file names
file names for podman load, save, export, and import cannot
contain ":" in them. It is a reserved character for parsing
filenames.

Signed-off-by: umohnani8 <umohnani@redhat.com>

Closes: #694
Approved by: rhatdan
2018-04-30 19:58:22 +00:00

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% podman(1) podman-export - Simple tool to export a container's filesystem as a tarball
% Urvashi Mohnani
# podman-export "1" "July 2017" "podman"
## NAME
podman export - Export container's filesystem contents as a tar archive
## SYNOPSIS
**podman export**
**CONTAINER**
[**--output**|**-o**]
[**--help**|**-h**]
## DESCRIPTION
**podman export** exports the filesystem of a container and saves it as a tarball
on the local machine. **podman export** writes to STDOUT by default and can be
redirected to a file using the **output flag**.
Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.
**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
**podman export [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
**podman export [OPTIONS] CONTAINER**
## OPTIONS
**--output, -o**
Write to a file, default is STDOUT
## EXAMPLES
```
# podman export -o redis-container.tar 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57
```
```
# podman export > redis-container.tar 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57
```
## SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-import(1), crio(8)
## HISTORY
August 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>