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>

Require this authentication mode.

-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) 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¶

• 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)