gcloud_alpha_compute_copy-files (1)
NAME
- gcloud alpha compute copy-files - copy files to and from Google Compute Engine virtual machines via scp
SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha compute copy-files [[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC [[[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC ...] [[USER@]INSTANCE:]DEST [--dry-run] [--force-key-file-overwrite] [--plain] [--ssh-key-file=SSH_KEY_FILE] [--strict-host-key-checking=STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING] [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) (DEPRECATED) gcloud compute copy-files is deprecated.
gcloud alpha compute copy-files copies files between a virtual machine instance and your local machine using the scp command. This command does not work for Windows VMs.
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:
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$ gcloud alpha 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:
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$ gcloud alpha 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) or pscp (on Windows) 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 sources must be local.
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- [[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC [[[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC ...]
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Specifies the files to copy.
- [[USER@]INSTANCE:]DEST
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Specifies a destination for the source files.
FLAGS
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- --dry-run
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Print the equivalent scp/ssh command that would be run to stdout, instead of
executing it.
- --force-key-file-overwrite
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If enabled, the gcloud command-line tool will regenerate and overwrite the
files associated with a broken SSH key without asking for confirmation in both
interactive and non-interactive environments.
If disabled, the files associated with a broken SSH key will not be regenerated and will fail in both interactive and non-interactive environments.
- --plain
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Suppress the automatic addition of ssh(1)/scp(1) flags. This flag is
useful if you want to take care of authentication yourself or use specific
ssh/scp features.
- --ssh-key-file=SSH_KEY_FILE
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The path to the SSH key file. By default, this is
~/.ssh/google_compute_engine.
- --strict-host-key-checking=STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING
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Override the default behavior of StrictHostKeyChecking for the connection. By
default, StrictHostKeyChecking is set to 'no' the first time you connect to an
instance, and will be set to 'yes' for all subsequent connections.
STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING must be one of: yes, no, ask.
- --zone=ZONE
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The zone of the instance to copy files to/from.
If not specified and the compute/zone property isn't set, you may be prompted to select a zone.
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the compute/zone property:
- $ gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE
A list of zones can be fetched by running:
- $ gcloud compute zones list
To unset the property, run:
- $ gcloud config unset compute/zone
Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands: --account, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity. Run $ gcloud help for details.
NOTES
This command is currently in ALPHA and may change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the right project, you will have to apply for early access and have your projects registered on the API whitelist to use it. To do so, contact Support at cloud.google.com/support These variants are also available:
- $ gcloud compute copy-files $ gcloud beta compute copy-files