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# cedana dump

Dump a container/process

## Options

```
      --compression string   compression algorithm (none, tar, gzip, lz4, zlib)
      --criu-opts string     criu options JSON (overriddes individual CRIU flags)
  -d, --dir string           directory to dump into
      --external strings     resources from external namespaces (can be multiple)
      --file-locks           dump file locks
  -h, --help                 help for dump
      --leave-running        leave the process running after dump
      --link-remap           remap links to files in the dump
      --name string          name of the dump
      --shell-job            process is not session leader (shell job)
      --skip-in-flight       skip in-flight tcp connections
      --streams int32        number of streams to use for dump (0 for no streaming)
      --tcp-established      dump tcp established connections
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --address string      address to use (host:port for TCP, path for UNIX, cid:port for VSOCK)
      --config string       one-time config JSON string (merge with existing config)
      --config-dir string   custom config directory
      --profiling           enable profiling/show profiling data
      --protocol string     protocol to use (TCP, UNIX, VSOCK)
```

## SEE ALSO

* [cedana](/daemon/references/cli/cedana.md) - Root command for Cedana
* [cedana dump containerd](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_dump_containerd.md) - Dump a containerd container (w/ rootfs)
* [cedana dump job](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_dump_job.md) - Dump a managed process/container (job)
* [cedana dump process](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_dump_process.md) - Dump a process
* [cedana dump runc](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_dump_runc.md) - Dump a runc container