podman-volume-export(1)

podman-volume-export1

Export volume to external tar

Usage

podman volume export [options] volume

Overview

podman volume export exports the contents of a podman volume and saves it as a tarball on the local machine. podman volume export writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a file using the --output flag.

podman volume export [OPTIONS] VOLUME

Options

--help

Print usage statement

--output, -o=file

Write to a file, default is STDOUT

Examples

Export named volume content into the specified file.

$ podman volume export myvol --output myvol.tar

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

From podman 6.1.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.