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LaravelSucks

Reputation: 129

Receiving a no such file or directory error: gcloud compute copy-files onto instance from local machine

gcloud compute copy-files /Users/myusername/Pictures/IMG_0382.JPG myusername@my-instance:/var/www --zone asia-east1-c

/Users/myusername/Pictures/IMG_0382.JPG: No such file or directory
ERROR: (gcloud.compute.copy-files) [/usr/bin/scp] exited with return code [1].

I am copy-pasting the file directory into my local terminal. What is the deal? Do I have to modify the .bash file or something?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6314

Answers (3)

Victor
Victor

Reputation: 514

The GCP documentation can be found here.

To make it work I had to:

  1. include sudo For permissions
  2. delte the ~ specified in the documentation.
  3. add zone of my VM

Code:

sudo gcloud compute scp [LOCAL_FILE_PATH] [INSTANCE_NAME]:/ --zone [INSTANCE ZONE]

Example

sudo gcloud compute scp /Users/jb/Downloads/cudnn-8.0-linux-x64-v7.tar instance-1:/home/jb --zone us-west

Upvotes: 0

LaravelSucks
LaravelSucks

Reputation: 129

So, it turns out I was not in the right terminal. Instead of ssh-ing into your instance and then issuing the command, you have to open up a fresh terminal window, cd to the appropiate directory (the folder with the desired upload file) and then issue the gcloud compute copy-files LOCAL... yada yada. If you are already connected to your instance, that's fine, just open up a new terminal window.

Upvotes: 4

Glenn Fowler
Glenn Fowler

Reputation: 599

Does this command succeed or fail: ls -ld /Users/myusername /Users/myusername/Pictures/IMG_0382.JPG

The copy and paste most likely did not do what you expected.

Upvotes: 0

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