diff --git a/docker_clone_volume.sh b/docker_clone_volume.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ce46efc..79175ba
--- a/docker_clone_volume.sh
+++ b/docker_clone_volume.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ then
         exit
 fi
 
-if [ "$2" = "" ] 
+if [ "$2" = "" ]
 then
         echo "Please provide a destination volume name"
         exit
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ fi
 
 
 echo "Creating destination volume \"$2\"..."
-docker volume create --name $2  
+docker volume create --name $2
 echo "Copying data from source volume \"$1\" to destination volume \"$2\"..."
 docker run --rm \
            -i \
            -t \
            -v $1:/from \
            -v $2:/to \
-           alpine ash -c "cd /from ; cp -av . /to"
+           alpine ash -c "cd /from && tar cf - . | (cd /to && tar xvf -)"
diff --git a/docker_export_volume.sh b/docker_export_volume.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4cb413b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker_export_volume.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Author: Alexey Ukhov <alex@ukhov.ru>
+
+SCRIPTSRC=`readlink -f "$0" || echo "$0"`
+SCRIPT_PATH=`dirname "$SCRIPTSRC" || echo .`
+
+#First check if the user provided all needed arguments
+if [ "$1" = "" ]
+then
+        echo "Please provide a source volume name"
+        exit
+fi
+
+#Check if the source volume name does exist
+docker volume inspect $1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [ "$?" != "0" ]
+then
+        echo "The source volume \"$1\" does not exist"
+        exit
+fi
+
+BACKUP_FOLDER=${2:-backup}
+if [ ! -d "${BACKUP_FOLDER}" ]
+then
+        echo "Create backup folder '${BACKUP_FOLDER}'"
+        mkdir -p ${BACKUP_FOLDER}
+fi
+
+NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
+BACKUP_FILE=${BACKUP_FOLDER}/$1_${NOW}.tar.gz
+
+echo "Export volume '$1' into file '${BACKUP_FILE}'"
+docker run --rm -v $1:/from alpine ash -c 'cd /from && tar -cOzf - .' > ${BACKUP_FILE}
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