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diff --git a/docs/podman-container-restore.1.md b/docs/podman-container-restore.1.md index 578d34ff3..5efc280fe 100644 --- a/docs/podman-container-restore.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-container-restore.1.md @@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ Import a checkpoint tar.gz file, which was exported by Podman. This can be used to import a checkpointed container from another host. It is not necessary to specify a container when restoring from an exported checkpoint. +**--name, -n** + +This is only available in combination with **--import, -i**. If a container is restored +from a checkpoint tar.gz file it is possible to rename it with **--name, -n**. This +way it is possible to restore a container from a checkpoint multiple times with different +names. + +If the **--name, -n** option is used, Podman will not attempt to assign the same IP +address to the container it was using before checkpointing as each IP address can only +be used once and the restored container will have another IP address. This also means +that **--name, -n** cannot be used in combination with **--tcp-established**. + ## EXAMPLE podman container restore mywebserver |