Merge pull request #11290 from flouthoc/volume-export

volumes: Add support for `volume export` which allows exporting content to  external path.

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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-volume-export.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-volume-export.1.md
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+% podman-volume-export(1)
+
+## NAME
+podman\-volume\-export - Exports volume to external tar
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**podman volume export** [*options*] *volume*
+
+## 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.
+
+Note: Following command is not supported by podman-remote.
+
+**podman volume export [OPTIONS] VOLUME**
+
+## OPTIONS
+
+#### **--output**, **-o**=*file*
+
+Write to a file, default is STDOUT
+
+#### **--help**
+
+Print usage statement
+
+
+## EXAMPLES
+
+```
+$ podman volume export myvol --output myvol.tar
+
+```
+
+## SEE ALSO
+podman-volume(1)
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-volume.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-volume.1.md
index 5af5eb50e..20319ccf7 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-volume.1.md
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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ podman volume is a set of subcommands that manage volumes.
 | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | create  | [podman-volume-create(1)](podman-volume-create.1.md)   | Create a new volume.                                                           |
 | exists  | [podman-volume-exists(1)](podman-volume-exists.1.md)   | Check if the given volume exists.                                              |
+| export  | [podman-volume-export(1)](podman-volume-export.1.md)   | Exports volume to external tar.                                                |
 | inspect | [podman-volume-inspect(1)](podman-volume-inspect.1.md) | Get detailed information on one or more volumes.                               |
 | ls      | [podman-volume-ls(1)](podman-volume-ls.1.md)           | List all the available volumes.                                                |
 | prune   | [podman-volume-prune(1)](podman-volume-prune.1.md)     | Remove all unused volumes.                                                     |
diff --git a/docs/source/volume.rst b/docs/source/volume.rst
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@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Volume
 
 :doc:`exists <markdown/podman-volume-exists.1>` Check if the given volume exists
 
+:doc:`export <markdown/podman-volume-export.1>` Exports volume to external tar
+
 :doc:`inspect <markdown/podman-volume-inspect.1>` Display detailed information on one or more volumes
 
 :doc:`ls <markdown/podman-volume-ls.1>` List volumes