From 05f7c95568853bb76b7c74899ceff4d0a871062c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Qi Wang Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:27:21 -0500 Subject: [CI:DOCS] fix misleading save/load usage Fix the container archive description in podman save/load docs that may lead to misusing the save/load instead of import/export for containers. Signed-off-by: Qi Wang --- docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md') diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md index cdc99fbf2..177709a43 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-load.1.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ % podman-load(1) ## NAME -podman\-load - Load an image from a container image archive into container storage +podman\-load - Load image(s) from a tar archive into container storage ## SYNOPSIS **podman load** [*options*] [*name*[:*tag*]] @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ podman\-load - Load an image from a container image archive into container stora ## DESCRIPTION **podman load** loads an image from either an **oci-archive** or a **docker-archive** stored on the local machine into container storage. **podman load** reads from stdin by default or a file if the **input** option is set. You can also specify a name for the image if the archive does not contain a named reference, of if you want an additional name for the local image. +**podman load** is used for loading from the archive generated by **podman save**, that includes the image parent layers. To load the archive of container's filesystem created by **podman export**, use **podman import**. The local client further supports loading an **oci-dir** or a **docker-dir** as created with **podman save** (1). -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf