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.IX Title "virt-copy-out 1"
.TH virt-copy-out 1 "2013-12-07" "libguestfs-1.18.1" "Virtualization Support"
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.SH "NAME"
virt\-copy\-out \- Copy files and directories out of a virtual machine disk image.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& virt\-copy\-out \-a disk.img /file|dir [/file|dir ...] localdir
\&
\& virt\-copy\-out \-d domain /file|dir [/file|dir ...] localdir
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\f(CW\*(C`virt\-copy\-out\*(C'\fR copies files and directories out of a virtual machine
disk image or named libvirt domain.
.PP
You can give one of more filenames and directories on the command
line.  Directories are copied out recursively.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
Download the home directories from a virtual machine:
.PP
.Vb 2
\& mkdir homes
\& virt\-copy\-out \-d MyGuest /home homes
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.SH "JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH"
.IX Header "JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH"
This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the
\&\fIguestfish\fR\|(1) \f(CW\*(C`copy\-out\*(C'\fR command.  For anything more complex than a
trivial copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
Since the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read
\&\fIguestfish\fR\|(1) to see the full list of options.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fIguestfish\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-cat\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-copy\-in\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-edit\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-tar\-in\fR\|(1),
\&\fIvirt\-tar\-out\fR\|(1),
<http://libguestfs.org/>.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Richard W.M. Jones (\f(CW\*(C`rjones at redhat dot com\*(C'\fR)
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat Inc.
<http://libguestfs.org/>
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but \s-1WITHOUT\s0 \s-1ANY\s0 \s-1WARRANTY\s0; without even the implied warranty of
\&\s-1MERCHANTABILITY\s0 or \s-1FITNESS\s0 \s-1FOR\s0 A \s-1PARTICULAR\s0 \s-1PURPOSE\s0.  See the
\&\s-1GNU\s0 General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, \s-1MA\s0 02110\-1301 \s-1USA\s0.