1DOCKER(1)                          JUNE 2014                         DOCKER(1)
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NAME

6       docker-import - Create an empty filesystem image and import the
7       contents of the tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz)
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SYNOPSIS

13       docker import [-c|--change[=[]]] [-m|--message[=MESSAGE]] [--help]
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OPTIONS

19       -c, --change=[]
20          Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
21          Supported Dockerfile instructions:
22       CMD|ENTRYPOINT|ENV|EXPOSE|ONBUILD|USER|VOLUME|WORKDIR
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25       --help
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DESCRIPTION

35       Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball (.tar,
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EXAMPLES

Import from a remote location
42              # docker import http://example.com/exampleimage.tgz example/imagerepo
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Import from a local file
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61       Import to a Docker image from a local file.
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Import from a local file and tag
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Import from a local directory
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Apply specified Dockerfile instructions while importing the image
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See also
92       docker-export(1) to export the contents of a filesystem as a tar
93       archive to STDOUT.
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HISTORY
98       April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot
99       com) based on docker.com source material and internal work.  June 2014,
100       updated by Sven Dowideit ⟨SvenDowideit@home.org.au⟩
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