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This procedure describes how to use the kubectl tool to download or upload files remotely from or to an Eclipse Che workspace.

Prerequisites

A running instance of Eclipse Che. To install an instance of Eclipse Che, see Che 'quick-starts'.
Remote access to the Che workspace you intend to modify. For instructions see [remotely-accessing-workspaces-using-the-kubernetes-command-line-tool_remotely-accessing-workspaces].
The kubectl binary from the Kubernetes website.
Verify the installation of kubectl using the kubectl version command:

Procedure

To download a local file named downloadme.txt from a workspace container to the current home directory of the user, use the following in the Che remote shell.

$ REMOTE_FILE_PATH=/projects/downloadme.txt
$ NAMESPACE=che
$ POD=workspace7b2wemdf3hx7s3ln.maven-74885cf4d5-kf2q4
$ CONTAINER=maven
$ kubectl cp ${NAMESPACE}/${POD}:${REMOTE_FILE_PATH} ~/downloadme.txt -c ${CONTAINER}

To upload a local file named uploadme.txt to a workspace container in the /projects directory:

$ LOCAL_FILE_PATH=./uploadme.txt
$ NAMESPACE=che
$ POD=workspace7b2wemdf3hx7s3ln.maven-74885cf4d5-kf2q4
$ CONTAINER=maven
$ kubectl cp ${LOCAL_FILE_PATH} ${NAMESPACE}/${POD}:/projects -c ${CONTAINER}

Using the preceding steps, the user can also download and upload directories.