NAME

       podman-load - Load image(s) from a tar archive into container storage

SYNOPSIS

       podman load [options]

       podman image load [options]

DESCRIPTION

       podman  load  loads  an  image from either an oci-archive or a docker-archive stored on the local machine
       into container storage. podman load reads from stdin by default or a file if the  input  option  is  set.
       podman load is used for loading from the archive generated by podman save, that includes the image parent
       layers. To load the archive of container's filesystem created by podman export, use podman import.

       The local client further supports loading an oci-dir or a docker-dir as created with podman save (1).

       The  quiet  option suppresses the progress output when set.  Note: : is a restricted character and cannot
       be part of the file name.

       podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

       podman load [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

       podman load [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS

   --input, -i=input
       Read from archive file, default is STDIN.

       The remote client requires the use of this option.

       NOTE: Use the environment variable TMPDIR to change the temporary storage location of  container  images.
       Podman defaults to use /var/tmp.

   --quiet, -q
       Suppress the progress output

   --help, -h
       Print usage statement

EXAMPLES

              $ podman load --quiet -i fedora.tar

              $ podman load -q -i fedora.tar

              $ podman load < fedora.tar
              Getting image source signatures
              Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
               0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
              Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
               0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
              Writing manifest to image destination
              Storing signatures
              Loaded image:  registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest

              $ cat fedora.tar | podman load
              Getting image source signatures
              Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
               0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
              Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
               0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
              Writing manifest to image destination
              Storing signatures
              Loaded image:  registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest

SEE ALSO

       podman(1), podman-save(1)

HISTORY

       July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩

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