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Push Container With Description Library Only

Apptainer command syntax to push container with description library only. Copyable examples, output expectations, and common mistakes.

$
Terminal
apptainer push -D "<description>" <path/to/image.sif> library://<user/collection/container>:<tag>

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

apptainer
Base Command
The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Apptainer before the shell applies any redirect operators.
-D
D| description
The value supplied for D| description.
<description>
description
The value supplied for description.
<path/to/image.sif>
path to image.sif
The value supplied for path to image.sif.
<user/collection/container>
user collection container
The user value supplied to this command.
<tag>
tag
The value supplied for tag.
-D
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

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