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<h1>docker export</h1>  <p><br></p> <p>Export a container’s filesystem as a tar archive</p> <h2 id="usage">Usage</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight" data-language="">$ docker export [OPTIONS] CONTAINER
</pre></div> <p>Refer to the <a href="#options">options section</a> for an overview of available <a href="#options"><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">OPTIONS</code></a> for this command.</p> <h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p name="extended-description">The <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">docker export</code> 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, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">docker export</code> will export the contents of the <em>underlying</em> directory, not the contents of the volume.</p> <p>Refer to <a href="https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/#backup-restore-or-migrate-data-volumes">Backup, restore, or migrate data volumes</a> in the user guide for examples on exporting data in a volume.</p> <p>For example uses of this command, refer to the <a href="#examples">examples section</a> below.</p> <h2 id="options">Options</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <td>Name, shorthand</td> <td>Default</td> <td>Description</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>
<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">--output</code> , <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">-o</code>
</td> <td></td> <td>Write to a file, instead of STDOUT</td> </tr>  </tbody> </table>  <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <p>Each of these commands has the same result.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight" data-language="">$ docker export red_panda &gt; latest.tar
</pre></div> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight" data-language="">$ docker export --output="latest.tar" red_panda
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