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Signed-off-by: Felix Stupp <me+github@banananet.work>
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% podman-volume-import(1)

NAME

podman-volume-import - Import tarball contents into an existing podman volume

SYNOPSIS

podman volume import volume [source]

DESCRIPTION

podman volume import imports the contents of a tarball into the podman volume's mount point. The contents of the volume will be merged with the content of the tarball, the latter takes precedence. podman volume import can consume piped input when using - as source path.

The given volume must already exist and will not be created by podman volume import.

Note: Following command is not supported by podman-remote.

--help

Print usage statement

EXAMPLES

$ gunzip -c hello.tar.gz | podman volume import myvol -
$ podman volume import myvol test.tar
$ podman volume export myvol | podman volume import oldmyvol -

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-volume(1), podman-volume-export(1)