% kpod(1) kpod-export - Simple tool to export a container's filesystem as a tarball % Urvashi Mohnani # kpod-export "1" "July 2017" "kpod" ## NAME kpod-export - Export container's filesystem contents as a tar archive ## SYNOPSIS **kpod export** **CONTAINER** [**--output**|**-o**] [**--help**|**-h**] ## DESCRIPTION **kpod export** exports the filesystem of a container and saves it as a tarball on the local machine. **kpod export** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a file using the **output flag**. **kpod [GLOBAL OPTIONS]** **kpod export [GLOBAL OPTIONS]** **kpod export [OPTIONS] CONTAINER** ## OPTIONS **--output, -o** Write to a file, default is STDOUT ## EXAMPLES ``` # kpod export -o redis-container.tar 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57 ``` ``` # kpod export > redis-container.tar 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57 ``` ## SEE ALSO kpod(1), kpod-import(1), crio(8), crio.conf(5) ## HISTORY August 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>