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# export
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Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive
### Aliases
`docker container export`, `docker export`
### Options
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|:-----------------|:---------|:--------|:-----------------------------------|
| `-o`, `--output` | `string` | | Write to a file, instead of STDOUT |
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## Description
The `docker export` command doesn't export the contents of volumes associated
with the container. If a volume is mounted on top of an existing directory in
the container, `docker export` exports the contents of the underlying
directory, not the contents of the volume.
Refer to [Backup, restore, or migrate data volumes](https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/#back-up-restore-or-migrate-data-volumes)
in the user guide for examples on exporting data in a volume.
## Examples
The following commands produce the same result.
```console
$ docker export red_panda > latest.tar
```
```console
$ docker export --output="latest.tar" red_panda
```
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