# docker context export

**Description:** Export a context to a tar archive FILE or a tar stream on STDOUT.

**Usage:** `docker context export [OPTIONS] CONTEXT [FILE|-]`










## Description

Exports a context to a file that can then be used with `docker context import`.

The default output filename is `<CONTEXT>.dockercontext`. To export to `STDOUT`,
use `-` as filename, for example:

```console
$ docker context export my-context -
```