KUBERNETES(1) kubernetes KUBERNETES(1) (NAME) kubectl-cp - (SYNOPSIS) kubectl cp [OPTIONS] (DESCRIPTION) . (OPTIONS) -c, --container="" . kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container . --no-preserve=false / . --retries=0 . 0 . 0 ( ). (OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS) --as="" (impersonate) . (service account) namespace . --as-group=[] . --as-uid="" UID . --as-user-extra=[] . --cache-dir="/home/username/.kube/cache" --certificate-authority="" (certificate authority) --client-certificate="" TLS --client-key="" TLS --cluster="" kubeconfig --context="" kubeconfig --disable-compression=false true --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false true . HTTPS --kubeconfig="" kubeconfig CLI. --kuberc="" kuberc (preferences). export feature gate KUBECTL_KUBERC=false KUBERC=off . --match-server-version=false -n, --namespace="" namespace CLI --password="" (basic authentication) API --profile="none" . (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex|trace) --profile-output="profile.pprof" --request-timeout="0" . ( 1s 2m 3h). ( timeout). -s, --server="" Kubernetes API --tls-server-name="" . hostname --token="" Bearer API --user="" kubeconfig --username="" API --version=false --version --version=raw --version=vX.Y.Z... --warnings-as-errors=false (EXAMPLES) # !!! !!! # 'tar' . # 'tar' 'kubectl cp' . # # (symlinks) (wildcard expansion) # (file mode preservation) 'kubectl exec' . # /tmp/foo /tmp/bar namespace tar cf - /tmp/foo | kubectl exec -i -n -- tar xf - -C /tmp/bar # /tmp/foo /tmp/bar kubectl exec -n -- tar cf - /tmp/foo | tar xf - -C /tmp/bar # /tmp/foo_dir /tmp/bar_dir namespace kubectl cp /tmp/foo_dir :/tmp/bar_dir # /tmp/foo /tmp/bar kubectl cp /tmp/foo :/tmp/bar -c # /tmp/foo /tmp/bar namespace kubectl cp /tmp/foo /:/tmp/bar # /tmp/foo /tmp/bar kubectl cp /:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar (SEE ALSO) kubectl(1) (HISTORY) Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) kubernetes ! Eric Paris Jan 2015 KUBERNETES(1)