NAME¶

chirp_put - copy a single file from local machine to a Chirp server

SYNOPSIS¶

chirp_put [options] <localfile> <hostname[:port]> <remotefile>

DESCRIPTION¶

chirp_put is a tool for copying a single file from local storage to a Chirp server.

chirp_put is a quick and simple way to copy a single local file <localfile> to a remote file given <hostname[:port]> <path>

OPTIONS¶

 -a,--auth=<flag>

Enable authentication mode: unix, hostname, address, ticket, kerberos, or globus.

 -d,--debug=<flag>

Enable debugging for this subsystem.

 -b,--block-size=<size>

Set transfer buffer size. (default is 65536 bytes).

 -f,--follow

Follow input file like tail -f.

 -i,--tickets=<files>

Comma-delimited list of tickets to use for authentication.

 -t,--timeout=<time>

Timeout for failure. (default is 3600s)

 -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 local file using chirp_put:

% chirp_put /tmp/mydata.dat server1.somewhere.edu /mydata/mydata.dat

When copying big data files that take longer than 3600s to copy, using chirp_put with option -t time to make sure chirp_put have enough time to finish:

% chirp_put -t 36000 /tmp/mybigdata.dat server1.somewhere.edu /mydata/mybigdata.dat

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)