OSTREE EXPORT(1) ostree export OSTREE EXPORT(1)

.SH "NAME" ostree-export - Generate a tar archive from an OSTree commit

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.HP 336u

**ostree export** \[OPTIONS...] {BRANCH}

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP This command generates a GNU tar formatted archive from an OSTree commit. This is useful for cases like backups, converting OSTree commits into Docker images, and the like.

.SH "EXAMPLE"

.PP **$ ostree export exampleos/x86\_64/standard | gzip > exampleos-standard.tar.gz**

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Document: ostree-export(1) from ostree 2026.5-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree