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.

       -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.

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) 2005-2019 The University of Notre Dame.
       This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.  See the  file  COPYING
       for details.

SEE ALSO

       •   Cooperative Computing Tools Documentation

       •   Chirp User Manual

       •   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)