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podman-volume-import(1)     General Commands Manual     podman-volume-import(1)

NAME
       podman-volume-import  -  Import tarball contents into an existing podman
       volume

SYNOPSIS
       podman volume import volume [source]

DESCRIPTION
       podman volume import imports the contents of a tarball into  the  podman
       volume's  mount  point.   The  contents of the volume is merged with the
       content of the tarball with the latter taking precedence.  podman volume
       import can consume piped input when using - as source path.

       The given volume must already exist and is not created by podman  volume
       import.

       Note: Following command is not supported by podman-remote.

   --help
       Print usage statement

EXAMPLES
       Import named volume content from the specified file.

       $ podman volume import myvol test.tar

       Import named volume content from stdin.

       $ gunzip -c hello.tar.gz | podman volume import myvol -

       Export  the  content from named volume and pipe it into the named volume
       via stdin.

       $ podman volume export oldmyvol | podman volume import myvol -

SEE ALSO
       podman(1), podman-volume(1), podman-volume-export(1)

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