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# [NAME](#NAME)

docker-context-export - Export a context to a tar archive FILE or a tar stream on STDOUT.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**docker context export \[OPTIONS] CONTEXT \[FILE|-]**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Export a context to a tar archive FILE or a tar stream on STDOUT.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**docker-context(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/docker-cli-fips/docker-context.1)

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Document: docker-context-export(1) from docker-cli-fips 29.9.2-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/docker/cli