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gcloud compute copy-files

NAME
gcloud compute copy-files - copy files to and from Google Compute Engine virtual machines via scp
SYNOPSIS
gcloud 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] [--ssh-key-expiration=SSH_KEY_EXPIRATION     | --ssh-key-expire-after=SSH_KEY_EXPIRE_AFTER] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud 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).

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.
EXAMPLES
To copy a remote directory '~/REMOTE-DIR' on the instance of 'example-instance' to '~/LOCAL-DIR' on the local host, run: 
gcloud compute copy-files example-instance:~/REMOTE-DIR ~/LOCAL-DIR --zone=us-central1-a

To copy files from your local host to a virtual machine, run: 

gcloud compute copy-files ~/LOCAL-FILE-1 ~/LOCAL-FILE-2 example-instance:~/REMOTE-DIR --zone=us-central1-a
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
[[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC [[[USER@]INSTANCE:]SRC …]
Specifies the files to copy.
[[USER@]INSTANCE:]DEST
Specifies a destination for the source files.
FLAGS
--dry-run
Print the equivalent scp/ssh command that would be run to stdout, instead of executing it.
--force-key-file-overwrite
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
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
The path to the SSH key file. By default, this is ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine.
--strict-host-key-checking=STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING
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
The zone of the instance to copy files to/from.

If not specified and the compute/zone property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).

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.
At most one of these can be specified:
--ssh-key-expiration=SSH_KEY_EXPIRATION
The time when the ssh key will be valid until, such as "2017-08-29T18:52:51.142Z." This is only valid if the instance is not using OS Login. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on time formats.
--ssh-key-expire-after=SSH_KEY_EXPIRE_AFTER
The maximum length of time an SSH key is valid for once created and installed, e.g. 2m for 2 minutes. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on duration formats.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES
These variants are also available: 
gcloud alpha compute copy-files
 
gcloud beta compute copy-files
 
gcloud preview compute copy-files