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+% podman(1) podman-save - Simple tool to save an image to an archive
+% Urvashi Mohnani
+# podman-save "1" "July 2017" "podman"
+
+## NAME
+podman-save - Save an image to docker-archive or oci-archive
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**podman save**
+**NAME[:TAG]**
+[**--quiet**|**-q**]
+[**--format**]
+[**--output**|**-o**]
+[**--help**|**-h**]
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+**podman save** saves an image to either **docker-archive**, **oci-archive**, **oci-dir** (directory
+with oci manifest type), or **docker-dir** (directory with v2s2 manifest type) on the local machine,
+default is **docker-archive**. **podman save** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a
+file using the **output** flag. The **quiet** flag suppresses the output when set.
+
+**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
+
+**podman save [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
+
+**podman save [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]**
+
+## OPTIONS
+
+**--compress**
+
+Compress tarball image layers when pushing to a directory using the 'dir' transport. (default is same compression type, compressed or uncompressed, as source)
+Note: This flag can only be set when using the **dir** transport i.e --format=oci-dir or --format-docker-dir
+
+**--output, -o**
+Write to a file, default is STDOUT
+
+**--format**
+Save image to **oci-archive**, **oci-dir** (directory with oci manifest type), or **docker-dir** (directory with v2s2 manifest type)
+```
+--format oci-archive
+--format oci-dir
+--format docker-dir
+```
+
+**--quiet, -q**
+Suppress the output
+
+## EXAMPLES
+
+```
+# podman save --quiet -o alpine.tar alpine:2.6
+```
+
+```
+# podman save > alpine-all.tar alpine
+```
+
+```
+# podman save -o oci-alpine.tar --format oci-archive alpine
+```
+
+```
+# podman save --compress --format oci-dir -o alp-dir alpine
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob sha256:2fdfe1cd78c20d05774f0919be19bc1a3e4729bce219968e4188e7e0f1af679d
+ 1.97 MB / 1.97 MB [========================================================] 0s
+Copying config sha256:501d1a8f0487e93128df34ea349795bc324d5e0c0d5112e08386a9dfaff620be
+ 584 B / 584 B [============================================================] 0s
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+```
+
+```
+# podman save --format docker-dir -o ubuntu-dir ubuntu
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob sha256:660c48dd555dcbfdfe19c80a30f557ac57a15f595250e67bfad1e5663c1725bb
+ 45.55 MB / 45.55 MB [======================================================] 8s
+Copying blob sha256:4c7380416e7816a5ab1f840482c9c3ca8de58c6f3ee7f95e55ad299abbfe599f
+ 846 B / 846 B [============================================================] 0s
+Copying blob sha256:421e436b5f80d876128b74139531693be9b4e59e4f1081c9a3c379c95094e375
+ 620 B / 620 B [============================================================] 0s
+Copying blob sha256:e4ce6c3651b3a090bb43688f512f687ea6e3e533132bcbc4a83fb97e7046cea3
+ 849 B / 849 B [============================================================] 0s
+Copying blob sha256:be588e74bd348ce48bb7161350f4b9d783c331f37a853a80b0b4abc0a33c569e
+ 169 B / 169 B [============================================================] 0s
+Copying config sha256:20c44cd7596ff4807aef84273c99588d22749e2a7e15a7545ac96347baa65eda
+ 3.53 KB / 3.53 KB [========================================================] 0s
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+```
+
+## SEE ALSO
+podman(1), podman-load(1), crio(8), crio.conf(5)
+
+## HISTORY
+July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>