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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md index a7d707249..271a44c9d 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md @@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ Checkpoints all the processes in one or more containers. You may use container I Checkpoint all running containers. +#### **--compress**, **-c** + +Specify the compression algorithm used for the checkpoint archive created +with the **--export, -e** option. Possible algorithms are *gzip*, *none* +and *zstd*. If no compression algorithm is specified Podman will use +*zstd*. + +One possible reason to use *none* is to enable faster creation of checkpoint +archives. Not compressing the checkpoint archive can result in faster checkpoint +archive creation. + +``` +# podman container checkpoint -l --compress=none --export=dump.tar +# podman container checkpoint -l --compress=gzip --export=dump.tar.gz +``` + #### **--export**, **-e** Export the checkpoint to a tar.gz file. The exported checkpoint can be used |