How to download a file or directory from a LXC container
To download files, use
lxc file pull [container name]/[path]/[filename] [target directory]
To download directories, use
lxc file pull --recursive [container name]/[path]/[filename] [target directory]
Examples:
Download /root/myfile.txt from mycontainer to the current directory (.):
lxc file pull mycontainer/root/myfile.txt .
Download /root/mydirectory from mycontainer to the current directory (.):
lxc file pull -r mycontainer/root/mydirectory .