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On Mac and Windows systems the --latest option is not supported this PR mentions this fact in the examples section of the man page. Also added documentation and consistency to the man pages examples sections. Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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% podman-save 1
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## NAME
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podman\-save - Save image(s) to an archive
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## SYNOPSIS
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**podman save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*]
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**podman image save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*]
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## DESCRIPTION
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**podman save** saves an image to a local file or directory.
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**podman save** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a
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file using the **output** flag. The **quiet** flag suppresses the output when set.
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**podman save** saves parent layers of the image(s) and the image(s) can be loaded using **podman load**.
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To export the containers, use the **podman export**.
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Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.
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**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
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**podman save [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
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**podman save [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]**
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## OPTIONS
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@@option dir-compress
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Note: This flag can only be set with **--format=docker-dir**.
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#### **--format**=*format*
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An image format to produce, one of:
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| Format | Description |
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| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| **docker-archive** | A tar archive interoperable with **docker load(1)** (the default) |
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| **oci-archive** | A tar archive using the OCI Image Format |
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| **oci-dir** | A directory using the OCI Image Format |
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| **docker-dir** | **dir** transport (see **containers-transports(5)**) with v2s2 manifest type |
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#### **--help**, **-h**
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Print usage statement
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#### **--multi-image-archive**, **-m**
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Allow for creating archives with more than one image. Additional names are interpreted as images instead of tags. Only supported for **--format=docker-archive**.
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The default for this option can be modified via the `multi_image_archive="true"|"false"` flag in containers.conf.
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#### **--output**, **-o**=*file*
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Write to a file, default is STDOUT
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#### **--quiet**, **-q**
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Suppress the output
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#### **--uncompressed**
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Accept uncompressed layers when using one of the OCI formats.
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## EXAMPLES
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Save image to a local file without displaying progress.
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```
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$ podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6
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```
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Save image to stdout and redirect content via shell.
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```
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$ podman save alpine > alpine-all.tar
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```
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Save image in oci-archive format to the local file.
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```
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$ podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine
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```
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Save image compressed in docker-dir format.
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```
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$ podman save --compress --format docker-dir -o alp-dir alpine
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Getting image source signatures
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Copying blob sha256:2fdfe1cd78c20d05774f0919be19bc1a3e4729bce219968e4188e7e0f1af679d
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1.97 MB / 1.97 MB [========================================================] 0s
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Copying config sha256:501d1a8f0487e93128df34ea349795bc324d5e0c0d5112e08386a9dfaff620be
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584 B / 584 B [============================================================] 0s
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Writing manifest to image destination
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Storing signatures
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```
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## SEE ALSO
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**[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)**
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## HISTORY
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July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>
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