podman-volume-import(1)

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💖 podman-volume-import(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual section for podman-volume-import — yes that's the whole name, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not shortening it. it's giving plumbing but make it cute. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

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

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

podman volume import volume [source]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like. podman volume import takes the contents of a tarball and imports them right into your podman volume's mount point. that's the whole vibe. 💅

here's the tea tho — the contents of the volume get merged with the content of the tarball, and the tarball wins. so if there's a collision, tarball takes precedence. no cap. 🔥

and omg, podman volume import can also consume piped input — you just use - as the source path. yes queen, pipe it straight in. 🎀

⚠️ the volume you're naming must already exist. podman volume import does NOT create it for you. like, it's not gonna manifest a volume out of thin air, bestie. it's not that kind of main character. 😭

💜 --help

Print usage statement. that's it, that's the whole thing. iconic behavior honestly. ✨

🍓 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 -

look at that third one. volume to volume, pipe to pipe. the way that it just flows. obsessed. 🌈

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

and that's the page, bestie!! 🧚✨ this little love letter lives in the General Commands Manual under the name podman-volume-import(1) — go forth and import responsibly, mwah 💖👑

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