buildx/docs/guides/exporters/local.md

Local exporter

The local exporter outputs the root filesystem of the build result into a local directory. This exporter can be used when using buildkit to build something other than container images.

This exporter is often paired with multi-stage builds, to export only a minimal number of build artifacts, such as self-contained binaries.

Synopsis

Build a container image using the local exporter:

$ docker buildx build --output type=local[,parameters] .

The following table describes the available parameters that you can pass to --output for type=local:

Parameter	Value	Default	Description
dest	String		Path to copy files to

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