NAME

       pegasus-gridftp - Perform file and directory operations on remote GridFTP servers

SYNOPSIS

       pegasus-gridftp ls [options] [URL...]
       pegasus-gridftp mkdir [options] [URL...]
       pegasus-gridftp rm [options] [URL...]

DESCRIPTION

       pegasus-gridftp is a client for Globus GridFTP servers. It enables remote operations on
       files and directories via the GridFTP protocol. This tool was created to enable more
       efficient remote directory creation and file cleanup tasks in Pegasus.

OPTIONS

   Global Options
       -v
           Turn on verbose output. Verbosity can be increased by specifying multiple -v
           arguments.

       -i FILE
           Read a list of URLs to operate on from FILE.

   rm Options
       -f
           If the URL does not exist, then ignore the error.

       -r
           Recursively delete files and directories.

   ls Options
       -a
           List files beginning with a ".".

       -l
           Create a long-format listing with file size, creation date, type, permissions, etc.

   mkdir Options
       -p
           Create intermediate directories as necessary.

       -f
           Ignore error if directory already exists

SUBCOMMANDS

       pegasus-gridftp has several subcommands to implement different operations.

       ls
           The ls subcommand lists the details of a file, or the contents of a directory on the
           remote server.

       mkdir
           The mkdir subcommand creates one or more directories on the remote server.

       rm
           The rm subcommand deletes one or more files and directories from the remote server.

URL FORMAT

       All URLs supplied to pegasus-gridftp should begin with "gsiftp://".

CONFIGURATION

       pegasus-gridftp uses the CoG JGlobus API to communicate with remote GridFTP servers. Refer
       to the CoG JGlobus documentation for information about configuring the API, such as how to
       specify the user’s proxy, etc.

RETURN VALUE

       pegasus-gridftp returns a zero exist status if the operation is successful. A non-zero
       exit status is returned in case of failure.

AUTHOR

       Gideon Juve <gideon@isi.edu>

       Pegasus Team http://pegasus.isi.edu