CHECKPOINTCTL(1)

💖 checkpointctl — a manual page bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the manual for checkpointctl (it's in the CHECKPOINTCTL manual, if you were wondering, and the page itself is CHECKPOINTCTL(1) in case your man command needs receipts) and it is literally a tool for advanced analysis of container checkpoints. we're gonna walk through it together, no cap ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

checkpointctl — a tool for advanced analysis of container checkpoints. that's the whole vibe. she analyzes. she's good at it. periodt 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

checkpointctl COMMAND [OPTION]...

yeah that's it, that's the shape of every single invocation. a COMMAND, then whatever OPTION you throw at it. go off 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so checkpointctl is a tool for advanced analysis of container checkpoints created by Podman, CRI-O, and Kubernetes. yes bestie, all three, she's versatile like that 🫶

here's what she actually lets you do:

• get an overview of the checkpoint metadata 👀
• inspect the run-time state of processes in the container 🔍
• perform in-depth analysis of checkpoint memory 🧠

it's giving forensic scientist but make it containers. obsessed.

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -h, --help — show help for checkpointctl. the "wait what do i do" button. press it, bestie, no shame here 🙈
• -v, --version — show version of checkpointctl. the classic "who are you and when were you built" move ⭐

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👑 COMMANDS 👑

every single one of her commands, laid out exactly as the original had them in that little box (rip to the table, we vibe with bullets now):

• checkpointctl-build(1) — create OCI image from a checkpoint tar file 📦
• checkpointctl-completion — generate shell completion scripts 🐚
• checkpointctl-diff(1) — show changes between two container checkpoints 🔀
• checkpointctl-inspect(1) — display low-level information about a container checkpoint 🕵️
• checkpointctl-list(1) — list checkpoints stored in the default and additional directories 📋
• checkpointctl-memparse(1) — analyze container checkpoint memory 🧠
• checkpointctl-plugin(1) — manage checkpointctl plugins 🔌
• checkpointctl-show(1) — show an overview of container checkpoints 🌈

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these next, they're all family fr fr:

• checkpointctl-build(1)
• checkpointctl-diff(1)
• checkpointctl-inspect(1)
• checkpointctl-list(1)
• checkpointctl-memparse(1)
• checkpointctl-plugin(1)
• checkpointctl-show(1)

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🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

the CRIU team wrote this. absolute icons, no notes 💅

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okay that's the whole page!! thank you for reading, mwah 🫶✨

checkpointctl — dated 2026-10-19 — and this was CHECKPOINTCTL(1), signing off 💖 byeee bestie, go inspect some checkpoints 🌸