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>
               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.

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) 2022 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)