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parrot_cp(1) Cooperative Computing Tools parrot_cp(1)

NAME

parrot_cp - a replacement for cp that provides higher performance when dealing with remote files via parrot_run.

SYNOPSIS

parrot_cp [options] ... sources ... <dest>

DESCRIPTION

parrot_cp is a drop-in replacement for the Unix cp command. It provides better performance when copying files to or from remote storage systems by taking advantage of whole-file transfer rather than copying files block-by-block.

OPTIONS

 -f, --force
Forcibly remove target before copying.
 -i, --interactive
Interactive mode: ask before overwriting.
 -r

Same as -R
 -R, --recursive
Recursively copy directories.
 -s, --symlinks
Make symbolic links instead of copying files.
 -l, --hardlinks
Make hard links instead of copying files.
 -u, --update-only
Update mode: Copy only if source is newer than target.
 -v, --version
Verbose mode: Show names of files copied.
 -h, --help
Help: Show these options.

EXIT STATUS

On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.

EXAMPLES

To use parrot_cp you can either call the code directly:

% parrot_run tcsh
% parrot_cp /tmp/mydata /chirp/server.nd.edu/joe/data
% exit

or alias calls to cp with calls to parrot_cp:

% parrot_run bash
% alias cp parrot_cp
% cp -r /chirp/server.nd.edu/joe /tmp/joe
% exit

COPYRIGHT

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.

SEE ALSO

CCTools 8.0.0 DEVELOPMENT