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authorQi Wang <qiwan@redhat.com>2020-11-23 16:27:21 -0500
committerQi Wang <qiwan@redhat.com>2020-11-24 13:48:30 -0500
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[CI:DOCS] fix misleading save/load usage
Fix the container archive description in podman save/load docs that may lead to misusing the save/load instead of import/export for containers. Signed-off-by: Qi Wang <qiwan@redhat.com>
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% podman-save(1)
## NAME
-podman\-save - Save an image to a container archive
+podman\-save - Save image(s) to an archive
## SYNOPSIS
**podman save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*]
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ podman\-save - Save an image to a container archive
**podman save** saves an image to either **docker-archive**, **oci-archive**, **oci-dir** (directory with oci manifest type), or **docker-dir** (directory with v2s2 manifest type) on the local machine,
default is **docker-archive**. **podman save** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a
file using the **output** flag. The **quiet** flag suppresses the output when set.
+**podman save** will save parent layers of the image(s) and the image(s) can be loaded using **podman load**.
+To export the containers, use the **podman export**.
Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.
**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**