copy

limactl copy

Copy files between host and guest

Synopsis

Copy files between host and guest

Prefix guest filenames with the instance name and a colon.

Backends:
auto - Automatically selects the best available backend (rsync preferred, falls back to scp)
rsync - Uses rsync for faster transfers with resume capability (requires rsync on both host and guest)
scp - Uses scp for reliable transfers (always available)

Not to be confused with ’limactl clone’.

limactl copy SOURCE ... TARGET [flags]

Examples

 # Copy file from guest to host (auto backend) limactl copy default:/etc/os-release . # Copy file from host to guest with verbose output limactl copy -v myfile.txt default:/tmp/ # Copy directory recursively using rsync backend limactl copy --backend=rsync -r ./mydir default:/tmp/ # Copy using scp backend specifically limactl copy --backend=scp default:/var/log/app.log ./logs/ # Copy multiple files limactl copy file1.txt file2.txt default:/tmp/

Options

 --backend string Copy backend (scp|rsync|auto) (default "auto") -h, --help help for copy -r, --recursive Copy directories recursively -v, --verbose Enable verbose output

Options inherited from parent commands

 --debug Debug mode --log-format string Set the logging format [text, json] (default "text") --log-level string Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error] --tty Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation. -y, --yes Alias of --tty=false