chirp_get - get a single file from a Chirp server to local machine
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Copyright
The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2022 The University of Notre Dame. This software is
distributed under the GNU General Public License. See the file COPYING for details.
Description
chirp_get is a tool for copying a single file from a Chirp server to local storage.
chirp_get is a quick and simple way to copy a remote file given <hostname[:port]><path> and write it to
a local file <localfile>chirp_get also can stream data which can be useful in a shell pipeline.
Environment Variables
• CHIRP_CLIENT_TICKETS Comma delimited list of tickets to authenticate with (same as -i).
Examples
To copy a single remote file using chirp_get:
% chirp_get server1.somewhere.edu /mydata/mydata.dat /tmp/mydata.dat
To get, while at the same time, untar a single remote archive file using chirp_get:
% chirp_get myhost.somewhere.edu /mydata/archive.tar.gz - | tar xvzf
Exit Status
On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.
Name
chirp_get - get a single file from a Chirp server to local machine
Options
-a,--auth=<flag>
Enable authentication mode: unix, hostname, address, ticket, kerberos, or globus.
-d,--debug=<flag>
Enable debugging for this subsystem.
-t,--timeout=<time>
Timeout for failure. (default is 3600s)
-i,--tickets=<files>
Comma-delimited list of tickets to use for authentication.
-v,--version
Show program version.
-h,--help
Show help text.
See Also
• CooperativeComputingToolsDocumentation
• ChirpUserManual
• chirp(1)chirp_status(1)chirp_fuse(1)chirp_get(1)chirp_put(1)chirp_stream_files(1)chirp_distribute(1)chirp_benchmark(1)chirp_server(1)
CCTools 7.14.5 FINAL chirp_get(1)
Synopsis
chirp_get [options] <hostname[:port]><remotefile><localfile>