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Copy-VMFile



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Copy-VMFile', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

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SYNOPSIS

Copies a file to a virtual machine.

SYNTAX


Copy-VMFile [-Name] <String[]> [-SourcePath] <String> [-DestinationPath] <String> [-AsJob] [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-CreateFullPath] [-Force] -FileSource
<CopyFileSourceType> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Copy-VMFile [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]> [-SourcePath] <String> [-DestinationPath] <String> [-AsJob] [-CreateFullPath] [-Force] -FileSource <CopyFileSourceType> [-Confirm]
[-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Copy-VMFile cmdlet copies a file to a virtual machine.



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RELATED LINKS


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REMARKS

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Examples


Example 1

PS C:\> Copy-VMFile "Test VM" -SourcePath "D:\Test.txt" -DestinationPath "C:\Temp\Test.txt" -CreateFullPath -FileSource Host



This example copies the file “test.txt” from the host operating system into the guest operating system of the virtual machine “Test VM”. It will create the directory
“C:\Temp” inside the guest operating system if it does not exist already.