Query: virt-copy-out
OS: suse
Section: 1
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virt-copy-out(1) Virtualization Support virt-copy-out(1)NAMEvirt-copy-out - Copy files and directories out of a virtual machine disk image.SYNOPSISvirt-copy-out -a disk.img /file|dir [/file|dir ...] localdir virt-copy-out -d domain /file|dir [/file|dir ...] localdirDESCRIPTION"virt-copy-out" copies files and directories out of a virtual machine disk image or named libvirt domain. You can give one of more filenames and directories on the command line. Directories are copied out recursively.EXAMPLESDownload the home directories from a virtual machine: mkdir homes virt-copy-out -d MyGuest /home homesJUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISHThis command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the guestfish(1) "copy-out" command. For anything more complex than a trivial copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.OPTIONSSince the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read guestfish(1) to see the full list of options.SEE ALSOguestfish(1), virt-cat(1), virt-copy-in(1), virt-edit(1), virt-tar-in(1), virt-tar-out(1), <http://libguestfs.org/>.AUTHORSRichard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")COPYRIGHTCopyright (C) 2011 Red Hat Inc. <http://libguestfs.org/> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. libguestfs-1.18.1 2013-12-07 virt-copy-out(1)