Ubuntu Manpage: arccp

Provided by: nordugrid-arc-client_5.0.5-1ubuntu1_amd64

NAME

       arccp - copy files

DESCRIPTION

       The arccp command copies files to, from and between grid storage elements.

SYNOPSIS

       arccp [options] source destination

OPTIONS

-p, --passive
use passive transfer (off by default if secure is on, on by default if secure is
not requested)

-n, --nopassive
do not try to force passive transfer

-f, --force
if the destination is an indexing service and not the same as the source and the
destination is already registered, then the copy is normally not done. However, if
this option is specified the source is assumed to be a replica of the destination
created in an uncontrolled way and the copy is done like in case of replication.
Using this option also skips validation of completed transfers.

-i, --indicate
show progress indicator. Using this option forces a check of the source file before
trying to transfer it, in order to find its size. Depending on other information
obtained about the source, there may be side-effects of using this option, for
example checksum verification or pre-staging data from tape.

-T, --notransfer
do not transfer, but register source into destination. destination must be a meta-
url. If destination already exists then meta-information of source must match meta-
information of destination. This can be overridden using the --force option.

-3, --thirdparty
perform third party transfer, where the destination pulls from the source (only
available with GFAL plugin)

-u, --secure
use secure transfer (insecure by default)

-y, --cache=path
path to local cache (use to put file into cache)

-r, --recursive
operate recursively

-D, --depth=level
operate recursively up to specified level

-R, --retries=number
number of retries before failing file transfer

-L, --location=URL
physical file to write to when destination is an indexing service. Must be
specified for indexing services which do not automatically generate physical
locations. Can be specified multiple times - locations will be tried in order until
one succeeds.

-P, --listplugins
list the available plugins (protocols supported)

-t, --timeout=seconds
timeout in seconds (default 20). This timeout applies to connections to remote
services and indicates the maximum allowed idle time of the transfer.

-z, --conffile=filename
configuration file (default ~/.arc/client.conf)

-d, --debug=debuglevel
FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, VERBOSE or DEBUG

-v, --version
print version information

-?, --help
print help

ARGUMENTS

       source the source of the transfer

       destination
              the destination of the transfer

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

The arccp command copies files to, from and between grid storage elements. It can also be
used to register files in file index catalogues, either automatically as the result of a
file transfer, or by using the --notransfer option. For more information on ARC URL syntax
please read "Protocols, Uniform Resource Locators (URL) and Extensions Supported in ARC"
[NORDUGRID-TECH-7].

If source and/or destination start from '@', the remaining argument is assumed to be a
path to a local file containing a list of URLs, one per line. In this case arccp performs
like it were called multiple times - once for every URL.

When copying directories both the source and destination must end with the directory
separator character and a recursion option -r or -D must be specified.

All data transfer goes through the machine of the caller of arccp, even in the case of two
remote endpoints, unless the --thirdparty option is used. With this option credentials are
delegated to the destination and it pulls the data directly from the source. The timeout
option in this case applies to the entire transfer itself and default timeouts are used
for connections to the remote endpoints. Note that third-party transfer is only possible
if the GFAL2 plugin is installed.

Depending on the installed libraries (check with -P ), the following protocols may be
used: file (file:// prefix may be omitted), http, https, httpg, ftp, gsiftp, srm,
root. To connect source or destination to standard input/output use '-' instead of URL.

FILES

       ~/.arc/client.conf
              Some options can be given default values by  specifying  them  in  the  ARC  client
              configuration  file.  By using the --conffile option a different configuration file
              can be used than the default.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       X509_USER_PROXY
              The location of the user's Grid proxy file. Shouldn't be set unless the proxy is in
              a non-standard location.

       ARC_LOCATION
              The  location  where  ARC  is  installed  can be specified by this variable. If not
              specified the install location will be determined from  the  path  to  the  command
              being  executed,  and  if  this  fails a WARNING will be given stating the location
              which will be used.

       ARC_PLUGIN_PATH
              The location of ARC plugins can be specified by this variable.  Multiple  locations
              can  be  specified  by separating them by : (; in Windows). The default location is
              $ARC_LOCATION/lib/arc (\ in Windows).

EXAMPLE

       arccp -i gsiftp://example.com/grid/file1.dat /tmp/file1.dat

COPYRIGHT

       APACHE LICENSE Version 2.0

AUTHOR

       ARC software is  developed  by  the  NorduGrid  Collaboration  (http://www.nordugrid.org),
       please  consult  the  AUTHORS  file  distributed  with ARC. Please report bugs and feature
       requests to http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org