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¶

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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)