1virt-copy-in(1)             Virtualization Support             virt-copy-in(1)
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NAME

6       virt-copy-in - Copy files and directories into a virtual machine disk
7       image.
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SYNOPSIS

10        virt-copy-in -a disk.img file|dir [file|dir ...] /destination
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12        virt-copy-in -d domain file|dir [file|dir ...] /destination
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WARNING

15       Using "virt-copy-in" on live virtual machines, or concurrently with
16       other disk editing tools, can be dangerous, potentially causing disk
17       corruption.  The virtual machine must be shut down before you use this
18       command, and disk images must not be edited concurrently.
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DESCRIPTION

21       "virt-copy-in" copies files and directories from the local disk into a
22       virtual machine disk image or named libvirt domain.
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24       You can give one or more filenames and directories on the command line.
25       Directories are copied in recursively.  The final parameter must be the
26       destination directory in the disk image which must be an absolute path
27       starting with a / character.
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EXAMPLES

30       Update /etc/resolv.conf in a guest:
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32        virt-copy-in -d MyGuest resolv.conf /etc
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34       Upload a home directory to a guest:
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36        virt-copy-in -d MyGuest skel /home
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JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH

39       This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the
40       guestfish(1) "copy-in" command.  For anything more complex than a
41       trivial copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.
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OPTIONS

44       Since the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read
45       guestfish(1) to see the full list of options.
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SEE ALSO

48       guestfish(1), virt-cat(1), virt-copy-out(1), virt-edit(1),
49       virt-tar-in(1), virt-tar-out(1), http://libguestfs.org/.
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AUTHORS

52       Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")
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55       Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

58       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
59       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
60       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
61       option) any later version.
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63       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
64       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
65       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
66       General Public License for more details.
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68       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
69       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
70       51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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BUGS

73       To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
74       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
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76       To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
77       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
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79       When reporting a bug, please supply:
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81       •   The version of libguestfs.
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83       •   Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from
84           source, etc)
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86       •   Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
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88       •   Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output
89           into the bug report.
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93libguestfs-1.46.0                 2021-09-23                   virt-copy-in(1)
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