.TH "chirp_get" 1 "" "CCTools 8.0.0 DEVELOPMENT" "Cooperative Computing Tools"

.SH NAME
.LP
\fBchirp_get\fP - get a single file from a Chirp server to local machine

.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
\FC\fBchirp_get [options] <hostname[:port]> <remotefile> <localfile>\fP\FT

.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP

\fBchirp_get\fP is a tool for copying a single file from a Chirp server to local storage.
.PP
\fBchirp_get\fP is a quick and simple way to copy a remote file given <hostname[:port]> <path> and write it to a local file <localfile>
.PP
\fBchirp_get\fP also can stream data which can be useful in a shell pipeline.

.SH OPTIONS
.LP

.LP
.TP
\fB-a\fP, \fB-\-auth\fP=\fI<flag>\fP
.
Require this authentication mode.
.TP
\fB-d\fP, \fB-\-debug\fP=\fI<flag>\fP
.
Enable debugging for this subsystem.
.TP
\fB-t\fP, \fB-\-timeout\fP=\fI<time>\fP
.
Timeout for failure. (default is 3600s)
.TP
\fB-i\fP, \fB-\-tickets\fP=\fI<files>\fP
.
Comma-delimited list of tickets to use for authentication.
.TP
.B \ -v, --version
.
Show program version.
.TP
.B \ -h, --help
.
Show help text.


.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.LP


.IP \(bu 4
\FC\fBCHIRP_CLIENT_TICKETS\fP\FT Comma delimited list of tickets to authenticate with (same as \FC-i\FT).


.SH EXIT STATUS
.LP
On success, returns zero.  On failure, returns non-zero.

.SH EXAMPLES
.LP

To copy a single remote file using \fBchirp_get\fP:

.fam C
.nf
.nh
.IP "" 8
% chirp_get server1.somewhere.edu /mydata/mydata.dat /tmp/mydata.dat
.fi
.hy
.fam
.P

To get, while at the same time, untar a single remote archive file using \fBchirp_get\fP:

.fam C
.nf
.nh
.IP "" 8
% chirp_get myhost.somewhere.edu /mydata/archive.tar.gz - | tar xvzf
.fi
.hy
.fam
.P

.SH COPYRIGHT
.LP

The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2005-2019 The University of Notre Dame.  This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License.  See the file COPYING for details.

.SH SEE ALSO
.LP


.IP \(bu 4
\fBCooperative Computing Tools Documentation\fP
.IP \(bu 4
\fBChirp User Manual\fP
.IP \(bu 4
\fBchirp(1)\fP  \fBchirp_status(1)\fP  \fBchirp_fuse(1)\fP  \fBchirp_get(1)\fP  \fBchirp_put(1)\fP  \fBchirp_stream_files(1)\fP  \fBchirp_distribute(1)\fP  \fBchirp_benchmark(1)\fP  \fBchirp_server(1)\fP