# Intented use for \`publish\`, \`export\` and \`push\` **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 4, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://guildai.org/t/intented-use-for-publish-export-and-push/702 "2021-05-04T22:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![copah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@copah](https://guildai.org/u/copah)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://guildai.org/t/intented-use-for-publish-export-and-push/702/1 "2021-05-04T22:28:37Z")
I am wondering what the intended use cases for these three different commands are and how they differ. I have used `guild export` for copying runs locally, `guild push` for pushing to remote storage locations. I’ve never used the `guild publish` command. @garrett can you maybe shed some light on the different intended use cases for these three commands? ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/guildai.org/garrett/32/224_2.png) [@garrett](https://guildai.org/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://guildai.org/t/intented-use-for-publish-export-and-push/702/2 "2021-05-07T19:24:10Z")
Good question! `export` is a straight copy of the run directory. This is used to create archives, either to cleanup you working directory (e.g. to focus on a active runs without complicating commands with runs that you’re not currently interested in) and to backup runs to a file system. - `push` is a remote operation, so Guild is going to copy or move runs to another system. Guild supports a variety of remotes including S3, Azure, ssh, and even GitHub (via gists). Use this when you want to backup or share runs across systems. - `publish` generates an HTML report of runs. Use this to share run results with others. Note that run directories are not copied in this case. So high level differences: - Use `export` to archive runs to a local system directory - Use `push` to copy or move runs to other systems - Use `publish` to generate an HTML report of runs