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@@ -14,21 +14,23 @@ and saves it as a filesystem image. Remote tarballs can be specified using a URL
Various image instructions can be configured with the **--change** flag and
a commit message can be set using the **--message** flag.
**reference**, if present, is a tag to assign to the image.
+**podman import** is used for importing from the archive generated by **podman export**, that includes the container's filesystem. To import the archive of image layers created by **podman save**, use **podman load**.
Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.
## OPTIONS
-**-c**, **--change**=*instruction*
+#### **--change**=*instruction*, **-c**
Apply the following possible instructions to the created image:
**CMD** | **ENTRYPOINT** | **ENV** | **EXPOSE** | **LABEL** | **STOPSIGNAL** | **USER** | **VOLUME** | **WORKDIR**
+
Can be set multiple times
-**--message**, **-m**=*message*
+#### **--message**, **-m**=*message*
Set commit message for imported image
-**--quiet**, **-q**
+#### **--quiet**, **-q**
Shows progress on the import
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ Shows progress on the import
Print additional debugging information
-**--help**, **-h**
+#### **--help**, **-h**
Print usage statement
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
```
```
-$ podman import --change "ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh","-c","test-image"]" --change LABEL=blue=image test-image.tar image-imported
+$ podman import --change 'ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh","-c","test-image"]' --change LABEL=blue=image test-image.tar image-imported
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob e3b0c44298fc skipped: already exists
Copying config 1105523502 done