GCLOUD COMPUTE COPY-FILES(1) GCLOUD COMPUTE COPY-FILES(1)NAMEgcloud_compute_copy-files - copy files to and from Google Compute
Engine virtual machines
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute copy-files [[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC
[[[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC ...] [[USER@]INSTANCE:]DEST [--dry-run]
[--format FORMAT] [--help] [--plain] [--project PROJECT_ID]
[--quiet, -q] [--ssh-key-file SSH_KEY_FILE] [--zone ZONE] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute copy-files copies files between a virtual machine
instance and your local machine.
To denote a remote file, prefix the file name with the virtual machine
instance name (e.g., example-instance:/FILE). To denote a local file,
do not add a prefix to the file name (e.g., /FILE). For example, to
copy a remote directory to your local host, run:
$ gcloud compute copy-files example-instance:~/REMOTE-DIR ~/LOCAL-DIR \
--zone us-central1-a
In the above example, ~/REMOTE-DIR from example-instance is copied into
the ~/LOCAL-DIR directory.
Conversely, files from your local computer can be copied to a virtual
machine:
$ gcloud compute copy-files ~/LOCAL-FILE-1 ~/LOCAL-FILE-2 \
example-instance:~/REMOTE-DIR --zone us-central1-a
If a file contains a colon (:), you must specify it by either using an
absolute path or a path that begins with ./.
Under the covers, scp(1) is used to facilitate the transfer.
When the destination is local, all sources must be the same virtual
machine instance. When the destination is remote, all source must be
local.
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
[[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC [[[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC ...]
Specifies a source file.
[[USER@]INSTANCE:]DEST
Specifies a destination for the source files.
FLAGS--dry-run
If provided, prints the command that would be run to standard out
instead of executing it.
--plain
Suppresses the automatic addition of ssh(1)/scp(1) flags. This flag
is useful if you want to take care of authentication yourself or
re-enable strict host checking.
--ssh-key-file SSH_KEY_FILE
The path to the SSH key file. By default, this is
~/.ssh/google_compute_engine.
--zone ZONE
The zone of the instance to copy files to/from. If omitted, you
will be prompted to select a zone.
GLOBAL FLAGS
--format FORMAT
Specify a format for printed output. By default, a command-specific
human-friendly output format is used. Setting this flag to one of
the available options will serialize the result of the command in
the chosen format and print it to stdout. Supported formats are:
json, text, yaml.
--help
Display detailed help.
--project PROJECT_ID
The Google Cloud Platform project name to use for this invocation.
If omitted then the current project is assumed.
--quiet, -q
Disable all interactive prompts when running gcloud commands. If
input is required, defaults will be used, or an error will be
raised.
-h
Print a summary help and exit.
NOTES
This command is in the Google Cloud SDK compute component. See
installing components if it is not installed.
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