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authorQi Wang <qiwan@redhat.com>2019-04-26 17:27:06 -0400
committerQi Wang <qiwan@redhat.com>2019-05-09 10:12:39 -0400
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implement cp reads tar file from stdin/stdout
enables podman cp uses - to stream a tar archive from STDIN or to STDOUT. Signed-off-by: Qi Wang <qiwan@redhat.com>
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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ podman\-cp - Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
## DESCRIPTION
Copies the contents of **src_path** to the **dest_path**. You can copy from the containers's filesystem to the local machine or the reverse, from the local filesystem to the container.
+If - is specified for either the SRC_PATH or DEST_PATH, you can also stream a tar archive from STDIN or to STDOUT.
The CONTAINER can be a running or stopped container. The **src_path** or **dest_path** can be a file or directory.
@@ -107,5 +108,7 @@ podman cp containerID:/home/myuser/. /home/myuser/
podman cp --extract /home/myuser/myfiles.tar.gz containerID:/myfiles
+podman cp - containerID:/myfiles.tar.gz < myfiles.tar.gz
+
## SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-mount(1), podman-umount(1)