% podman-save 1 ## 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** saves 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 [//]: # (BEGIN included file options/dir-compress.md) #### **--compress** Compress tarball image layers when pushing to a directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same compression type, compressed or uncompressed, as source) [//]: # (END included file options/dir-compress.md) Note: This flag can only be set with **--format=docker-dir**. #### **--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 | #### **--help**, **-h** Print usage statement #### **--multi-image-archive**, **-m** Allow for creating archives with more than one image. Additional names are 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. #### **--output**, **-o**=*file* Write to a file, default is STDOUT #### **--quiet**, **-q** Suppress the output #### **--uncompressed** Accept uncompressed layers when using one of the OCI formats. ## EXAMPLES Save image to a local file without displaying progress. ``` $ podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6 ``` Save image to stdout and redirect content via shell. ``` $ podman save alpine > alpine-all.tar ``` Save image in oci-archive format to the local file. ``` $ podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine ``` Save image compressed in docker-dir format. ``` $ podman save --compress --format docker-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 ``` ## SEE ALSO **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-load(1)](podman-load.1.md)**, **[containers.conf(5)](https://github.com/containers/common/blob/main/docs/containers.conf.5.md)**, **[containers-transports(5)](https://github.com/containers/image/blob/main/docs/containers-transports.5.md)** ## HISTORY July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani