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Diffstat (limited to 'cmd/podman/export.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | cmd/podman/export.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/export.go b/cmd/podman/export.go index e5dc410a7..92633facd 100644 --- a/cmd/podman/export.go +++ b/cmd/podman/export.go @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func init() { exportCommand.SetHelpTemplate(HelpTemplate()) exportCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate()) flags := exportCommand.Flags() - flags.StringVarP(&exportCommand.Output, "output", "o", "/dev/stdout", "Write to a file, default is STDOUT") + flags.StringVarP(&exportCommand.Output, "output", "o", "", "Write to a specified file (default: stdout, which must be redirected)") } // exportCmd saves a container to a tarball on disk @@ -60,15 +60,16 @@ func exportCmd(c *cliconfig.ExportValues) error { } output := c.Output - if runtime.Remote && (output == "/dev/stdout" || len(output) == 0) { + if runtime.Remote && len(output) == 0 { return errors.New("remote client usage must specify an output file (-o)") } - if output == "/dev/stdout" { + if len(output) == 0 { file := os.Stdout if logrus.IsTerminal(file) { return errors.Errorf("refusing to export to terminal. Use -o flag or redirect") } + output = "/dev/stdout" } if err := parse.ValidateFileName(output); err != nil { |