Python: Error response from daemon: reference does not exist

[lebigbigworld]

When i run this command: docker save --output python27.tar python:2.7-slim
I got error: Error response from daemon: reference does not exist

I am running Linux container on Windows 10 pro

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[wglambert]

Do you have the image locally

$ docker save --output python27.tar python:2.7-slim
Error response from daemon: reference does not exist

$ docker pull python:2.7-slim
2.7-slim: Pulling from library/python
802b00ed6f79: Already exists 
10b2d5f7ed73: Pull complete 
1073a127cf89: Pull complete 
90283f3dc1cd: Pull complete 
Digest: sha256:0a43a6d7858af4a42427c792b682936d2cd34e183fb026627f53ddb556d4bf62
Status: Downloaded newer image for python:2.7-slim

$ docker save --output python27.tar python:2.7-slim
$ ls
python27.tar

[lebigbigworld]

Do you have the image locally

$ docker save --output python27.tar python:2.7-slim
Error response from daemon: reference does not exist

$ docker pull python:2.7-slim
2.7-slim: Pulling from library/python
802b00ed6f79: Already exists 
10b2d5f7ed73: Pull complete 
1073a127cf89: Pull complete 
90283f3dc1cd: Pull complete 
Digest: sha256:0a43a6d7858af4a42427c792b682936d2cd34e183fb026627f53ddb556d4bf62
Status: Downloaded newer image for python:2.7-slim

$ docker save --output python27.tar python:2.7-slim
$ ls
python27.tar

You are awesome! I am new to Docker, thanks

[wglambert]

Cool, closing issue then.

If you have further questions you should ask the Docker Community Forums, the Docker Community Slack, or Stack Overflow. As these repositories are for issues with the image and not necessarily for questions of usability