LXC.FILE.MOUNT(1)

💅 lxc-file-mount — NAME

okay so bestie, this is lxc-file-mount — it mounts files from instances ✨ like, actual files, from your instance, onto your machine. iconic behaviour honestly.

it lives in the LXD - Command line client(1) manual, which is the glow-up era of LXD docs, iykyk 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

lxc file mount [<remote>:][<instance>][/<path>] [<target>] [flags]

ngl the original synopsis line is literally printed as lxc file mount [:][/] [] [flags] — that's what the page says, so that's what you get. no cap, no edits. 💀

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✨ DESCRIPTION

Description: Mount files from instances 🫶

that's the whole thing. it's giving short and sweet, main character energy, no filler. you point it at an instance and a path inside it, you give it somewhere to land on your local box, and boom — mounted. 🔥

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👑 OPTIONS

• --auth-user="" — sets the authentication user when you're going through the SSH SFTP listener. literally just tells it who's logging in. 🧚
• --listen="" — sets up an SSH SFTP listener on address:port instead of mounting. so instead of the mount happening, you get a listener. pick a lane bestie (or, y'know, pick this flag). ✨
• --no-auth[=false] — disables authentication when you're using the SSH SFTP listener. defaults to false. use with taste, okay? 🙈

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🦋 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

these are the ones you get for free from the parent command, no extra charge 💖

• --debug[=false] — show all debug messages. everything. all of it. the full yap session. 🔍
• --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket. as in, local only, no remote nonsense. 🏠
• -h, --help[=false] — print help. the classic. the goat. 🙏
• --project="" — override the source project. yes, that's really what it says. 🎀
• -q, --quiet[=false] — don't show progress information. for when the progress bar is too much drama for you rn. 🤫
• --sub-commands[=false] — use with help or --help to view sub-commands. nesting doll vibes. 🪆
• -v, --verbose[=false] — show all information messages. the opposite of quiet, and she is talkative. 🗣️
• --version[=false] — print version number. the "who are you" of flags. ⭐

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🌈 EXAMPLE

lxc file mount foo/root fooroot

so what this does 👇 to mount /root from the instance foo onto the local fooroot directory. slay. that's it, that's the whole demo, and honestly it ate. 🔥

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🍓 SEE ALSO

• lxc-file(1) — go read that one next bestie, it's the whole file family 💜

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💀 HISTORY

• 22-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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and that's the page!! auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Aug 2026, straight out of the LXD - Command line client(1) manual — go mount something iconic and stay hydrated 🫶✨🎀