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