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 .