podman-volume-export(1) General Commands Manual podman-volume-export(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-volume-export - Export volume to external tar

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman volume export** \[*options*] *volume*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**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](#OPTIONS)

## **--help**

Print usage statement

## **--output**, **-o**=*file*

Write to a file, default is STDOUT

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Export named volume content into the specified file.

```
$ podman volume export myvol --output myvol.tar
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman.1), [**podman-volume(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman-volume.1), [**podman-volume-import(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.1/podman-volume-import.1)

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Document: podman-volume-export(1) from podman-doc-6.1 6.1.4-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman