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.IX Title "virt-tar-out 1"
.TH virt-tar-out 1 2024-10-08 libguestfs-1.54.0 "Virtualization Support"
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.SH NAME
virt\-tar\-out \- Pack a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball.
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.Vb 1
\& virt\-tar\-out \-a disk.img /dir files.tar
\&
\& virt\-tar\-out \-d domain /dir files.tar
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\& virt\-tar\-out \-d domain /dir \- | gzip \-\-best > files.tar.gz
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\&\f(CW\*(C`virt\-tar\-out\*(C'\fR packs a virtual machine disk image directory into a
tarball.
.PP
The first parameter is the absolute path of the virtual machine
directory.  The second parameter is the tar file to write.  Use \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR
to write to standard output.
.SH EXAMPLES
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Download the home directories from a guest:
.PP
.Vb 1
\& virt\-tar\-out \-d MyGuest /home \- | gzip \-\-best > homes.tar.gz
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.SH "JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH"
.IX Header "JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH"
This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the
\&\fBguestfish\fR\|(1) \f(CW\*(C`tar\-out\*(C'\fR command.  For anything more complex than a
trivial copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.
.SH OPTIONS
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Since the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read
\&\fBguestfish\fR\|(1) to see the full list of options.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBguestfish\fR\|(1),
\&\fBvirt\-cat\fR\|(1),
\&\fBvirt\-copy\-in\fR\|(1),
\&\fBvirt\-copy\-out\fR\|(1),
\&\fBvirt\-edit\fR\|(1),
\&\fBvirt\-tar\-in\fR\|(1),
http://libguestfs.org/.
.SH AUTHORS
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Richard W.M. Jones (\f(CW\*(C`rjones at redhat dot com\*(C'\fR)
.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (C) 2011\-2023 Red Hat Inc.
.SH LICENSE
.IX Header "LICENSE"
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110\-1301 USA.
.SH BUGS
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To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
.PP
To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
.PP
When reporting a bug, please supply:
.IP \(bu 4
The version of libguestfs.
.IP \(bu 4
Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from source, etc)
.IP \(bu 4
Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
.IP \(bu 4
Run \fBlibguestfs\-test\-tool\fR\|(1) and paste the \fBcomplete, unedited\fR
output into the bug report.