Ubuntu Manpage: arccp

Provided by: nordugrid-arc-client_6.18.0-2.2ubuntu0.1_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