title: Copy files from Google Compute Engine VM to Windows local host
body: <p>I have been trying to download files from the Google Compute Engine VM (Debian) to my Windows local directory using the command recommended in the documentation:</p>
  <pre><code>gcloud compute scp --recurse example-instance:~/narnia ~/wardrobe
  </code></pre>
  <p>How do I specify local/destination directory given that windows file path is different from linux? Where linux is <code>~/wardrobe</code>, what is the Windows equivalent? Something like <code>C:\Users\username\wardrobe</code>?</p>
  <p>I tried <code>gcloud compute scp --project=&quot;my-project-id&quot; --zone=&quot;us-east1-b&quot; --recurse example-instance:~/narnia 'C:\Users\username\wardrobe'</code> but it didn't work.</p>