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


NAME
       virt-copy-in - Copy files and directories into a virtual machine disk
       image.

SYNOPSIS
        virt-copy-in -a disk.img file|dir [file|dir ...] /destination

        virt-copy-in -d domain file|dir [file|dir ...] /destination

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

DESCRIPTION
       "virt-copy-in" copies files and directories from the local disk into a
       virtual machine disk image or named libvirt domain.

       You can give one or more filenames and directories on the command line.
       Directories are copied in recursively.  The final parameter must be the
       destination directory in the disk image which must be an absolute path
       starting with a / character.

EXAMPLES
       Update /etc/resolv.conf in a guest:

        virt-copy-in -d MyGuest resolv.conf /etc

       Upload a home directory to a guest:

        virt-copy-in -d MyGuest skel /home

JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH
       This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the
       guestfish(1) "copy-in" command.  For anything more complex than a
       trivial copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.

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

SEE ALSO
       guestfish(1), virt-cat(1), virt-copy-out(1), virt-edit(1),
       virt-tar-in(1), virt-tar-out(1), http://libguestfs.org/.

AUTHORS
       Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2011-2023 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE
       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
       option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
       General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

BUGS
       To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools

       To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools

       When reporting a bug, please supply:

       o   The version of libguestfs.

       o   Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from
           source, etc)

       o   Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.

       o   Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output
           into the bug report.

libguestfs-1.52.0                 2024-01-05                   virt-copy-in(1)