chirp_get(1)
NAME
chirp_get - get a single file from a Chirp server to local machine
SYNOPSIS
chirp_get [options] <hostname[:port]> <remotefile> <localfile>
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.
OPTIONS
-a,--auth <flag> |
| Require this authentication mode.
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-d,--debug <flag> |
| Enable debugging for this subsystem.
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-t,--timeout <time> |
| Timeout for failure. (default is 3600s)
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-i,--tickets <files> |
| Comma-delimited list of tickets to use for authentication.
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-v, --version | Show program version.
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-h, --help | Show help text.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
- CHIRP_CLIENT_TICKETS Comma delimited list of tickets to authenticate with (same as -i).
EXIT STATUS
On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.
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
COPYRIGHT
The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Douglas Thain and Copyright (C) 2005-2015 The University of Notre Dame. This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License. See the file COPYING for details.
SEE ALSO
CCTools 7.0.22 FINAL released on