1podman-save(1)()                                              podman-save(1)()
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NAME

6       podman-save - Save an image to a container archive
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman save [options] name[:tag]
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13       podman image save [options] name[:tag]
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DESCRIPTION

17       podman  save  saves  an  image  to  either docker-archive, oci-archive,
18       oci-dir (directory with oci manifest type),  or  docker-dir  (directory
19       with  v2s2  manifest  type) on the local machine, default is docker-ar‐
20       chive. podman save writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to
21       a file using the output flag. The quiet flag suppresses the output when
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OPTIONS

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58              --format oci-archive
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EXAMPLES

77              $ podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6
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85              $ podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine
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89              $ podman save --compress --format oci-dir -o alp-dir alpine
90              Getting image source signatures
91              Copying blob sha256:2fdfe1cd78c20d05774f0919be19bc1a3e4729bce219968e4188e7e0f1af679d
92               1.97 MB / 1.97 MB [========================================================] 0s
93              Copying config sha256:501d1a8f0487e93128df34ea349795bc324d5e0c0d5112e08386a9dfaff620be
94               584 B / 584 B [============================================================] 0s
95              Writing manifest to image destination
96              Storing signatures
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100              $ podman save --format docker-dir -o ubuntu-dir ubuntu
101              Getting image source signatures
102              Copying blob sha256:660c48dd555dcbfdfe19c80a30f557ac57a15f595250e67bfad1e5663c1725bb
103               45.55 MB / 45.55 MB [======================================================] 8s
104              Copying blob sha256:4c7380416e7816a5ab1f840482c9c3ca8de58c6f3ee7f95e55ad299abbfe599f
105               846 B / 846 B [============================================================] 0s
106              Copying blob sha256:421e436b5f80d876128b74139531693be9b4e59e4f1081c9a3c379c95094e375
107               620 B / 620 B [============================================================] 0s
108              Copying blob sha256:e4ce6c3651b3a090bb43688f512f687ea6e3e533132bcbc4a83fb97e7046cea3
109               849 B / 849 B [============================================================] 0s
110              Copying blob sha256:be588e74bd348ce48bb7161350f4b9d783c331f37a853a80b0b4abc0a33c569e
111               169 B / 169 B [============================================================] 0s
112              Copying config sha256:20c44cd7596ff4807aef84273c99588d22749e2a7e15a7545ac96347baa65eda
113               3.53 KB / 3.53 KB [========================================================] 0s
114              Writing manifest to image destination
115              Storing signatures
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SEE ALSO

120       podman(1), podman-load(1)
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HISTORY

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