# docker compose export

**Description:** Export a service container's filesystem as a tar archive

**Usage:** `docker compose export [OPTIONS] SERVICE`










## Description

Export a service container's filesystem as a tar archive


## Options

| Option | Default | Description |
|--------|---------|-------------|
| `--index` |  |  index of the container if service has multiple replicas. |
| `-o`, `--output` |  |  Write to a file, instead of STDOUT |