NAME

       podman-save - Save image(s) to an archive

SYNOPSIS

       podman save [options] name[:tag]

       podman image save [options] name[:tag]

DESCRIPTION

       podman save saves an image to a local file or directory.  podman save writes to STDOUT by default and can
       be  redirected  to  a  file using the output flag. The quiet flag suppresses the output when set.  podman
       save will save parent layers of the image(s) and the image(s) can be loaded using podman load.  To export
       the containers, use the podman export.  Note: : is a restricted character and cannot be part of the  file
       name.

       podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

       podman save [GLOBAL OPTIONS]

       podman save [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]

OPTIONS

   --compress
       Compress  tarball  image  layers  when pushing to a directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same
       compression type, compressed or uncompressed, as source) Note: This flag can only be set when  using  the
       dir transport i.e --format=oci-dir or --format=docker-dir

   --output, -o=file
       Write to a file, default is STDOUT

   --format=format
       An image format to produce, one of:

       ┌────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │ Format         │ Description                                                          │
       ├────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ docker-archive │ A tar archive interoperable with docker load(1) (the default)        │
       ├────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ oci-archive    │ A tar archive using the OCI Image Format                             │
       ├────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ oci-dir        │ A directory using the OCI Image Format                               │
       ├────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
       │ docker-dir     │ dir transport (see containers-transports(5)) with v2s2 manifest type │
       └────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

   --multi-image-archive, -m
       Allow  for  creating  archives  with more than one image.  Additional names will be interpreted as images
       instead of tags.  Only supported for  --format=docker-archive.   The  default  for  this  option  can  be
       modified via the multi_image_archive="true"|"false" flag in containers.conf.

   --quiet, -q
       Suppress the output

   --help, -h
       Print usage statement

EXAMPLES

              $ podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6

              $ podman save > alpine-all.tar alpine

              $ podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine

              $ podman save --compress --format oci-dir -o alp-dir alpine
              Getting image source signatures
              Copying blob sha256:2fdfe1cd78c20d05774f0919be19bc1a3e4729bce219968e4188e7e0f1af679d
               1.97 MB / 1.97 MB [========================================================] 0s
              Copying config sha256:501d1a8f0487e93128df34ea349795bc324d5e0c0d5112e08386a9dfaff620be
               584 B / 584 B [============================================================] 0s
              Writing manifest to image destination
              Storing signatures

              $ podman save --format docker-dir -o ubuntu-dir ubuntu
              Getting image source signatures
              Copying blob sha256:660c48dd555dcbfdfe19c80a30f557ac57a15f595250e67bfad1e5663c1725bb
               45.55 MB / 45.55 MB [======================================================] 8s
              Copying blob sha256:4c7380416e7816a5ab1f840482c9c3ca8de58c6f3ee7f95e55ad299abbfe599f
               846 B / 846 B [============================================================] 0s
              Copying blob sha256:421e436b5f80d876128b74139531693be9b4e59e4f1081c9a3c379c95094e375
               620 B / 620 B [============================================================] 0s
              Copying blob sha256:e4ce6c3651b3a090bb43688f512f687ea6e3e533132bcbc4a83fb97e7046cea3
               849 B / 849 B [============================================================] 0s
              Copying blob sha256:be588e74bd348ce48bb7161350f4b9d783c331f37a853a80b0b4abc0a33c569e
               169 B / 169 B [============================================================] 0s
              Copying config sha256:20c44cd7596ff4807aef84273c99588d22749e2a7e15a7545ac96347baa65eda
               3.53 KB / 3.53 KB [========================================================] 0s
              Writing manifest to image destination
              Storing signatures

SEE ALSO

       podman(1), podman-load(1), containers.conf(5), containers-transports(5)

HISTORY

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

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