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.IX Title "virt-tar-out 1"
.TH virt-tar-out 1 "2013-12-07" "libguestfs-1.18.1" "Virtualization Support"
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.SH "NAME"
virt\-tar\-out \- Pack a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& virt\-tar\-out \-a disk.img /dir files.tar
\&
\& virt\-tar\-out \-d domain /dir files.tar
\&
\& virt\-tar\-out \-d domain /dir \- | gzip \-\-best > files.tar.gz
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\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
\&\fIguestfish\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"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
Since the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read
\&\fIguestfish\fR\|(1) to see the full list of options.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fIguestfish\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-cat\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-copy\-in\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-copy\-out\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-edit\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-tar\-in\fR\|(1),
.
.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 Red Hat Inc.
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 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 \s-1WITHOUT\s0 \s-1ANY\s0 \s-1WARRANTY\s0; without even the implied warranty of
\&\s-1MERCHANTABILITY\s0 or \s-1FITNESS\s0 \s-1FOR\s0 A \s-1PARTICULAR\s0 \s-1PURPOSE\s0. See the
\&\s-1GNU\s0 General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, \s-1MA\s0 02110\-1301 \s-1USA\s0.