| % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals |
| % Docker Community |
| % JUNE 2014 |
| # NAME |
| docker-load - Load an image from a tar archive on STDIN |
| |
| # SYNOPSIS |
| **docker load** |
| [**-i**|**--input**[=*INPUT*]] |
| |
| |
| # DESCRIPTION |
| |
| Loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream. |
| Restores both images and tags. |
| |
| # OPTIONS |
| **-i**, **--input**="" |
| Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN |
| |
| # EXAMPLES |
| |
| $ sudo docker images |
| REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE |
| busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB |
| $ sudo docker load --input fedora.tar |
| $ sudo docker images |
| REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE |
| busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB |
| fedora rawhide 0d20aec6529d 7 weeks ago 387 MB |
| fedora 20 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB |
| fedora heisenbug 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB |
| fedora latest 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB |
| |
| # HISTORY |
| April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) |
| based on docker.com source material and internal work. |
| June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au> |
