NAME¶

gfal-ls - list directory contents or file information

SYNOPSIS¶

gfal-ls [ OPTION ]... FILE

DESCRIPTION¶

gfal-ls List information about the file. Depending on the implementation, some information from the long listing, such as group and user ids, might not be available and will be displayed as 0. When listing several files or directories, if one returns an error, the execution is canceled.

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help

show help about the command.

-V, --version

output version information and exit.

-v, --verbose

verbose mode. Repeat up to 3 times for the most verbose mode.

-D, --definition DEFINITION

define properties for gfal2. Definitions have the following syntax: "CONFIG_GROUP:KEY=VALUE"

-t, --timeout TIMEOUT

global timeout for the execution of the command. Command is interrupted if time expires before it finishes. Note: A grace period of 30 seconds is given to the global timeout.

-E, --cert CERT

user certificate. (This option takes effect only after X509_USER_PROXY environment variable and default /tmp/x509up_u`id -u` location cannot provide a certificate)

--key KEY

user private key.

-4

forces Gfal2 to use IPv4 addresses only. (Option valid only for GridFTP protocol)

-6

forces Gfal2 to use IPv6 addresses only. (Option valid only for GridFTP protocol)

-C, --client-info CLIENT_INFO

provide custom client-side information.

--log-file LOG_FILE

write Gfal2 library logs to the given file location.

-a, --all

don't hide files with name starting in '.'.

-l, --long

long listing format. Following columns are displayed for each entry: mode, number of links, group id, user id, last modification time, size and name.

-d, --directory

list directory entries instead of its contents.

-H, --human-readable

with -l, print sizes in human readable format (e.g.: 1K, 234M, 2G).

--xattr XATTR

with -l, query additional attributes. Can be specified multiple times.

--time-style STYLE

specify the time style. Supports the following values: locale, iso, long-iso or full-iso (partially).

--full-time

equivalent to --time-style=full-iso.

--color MODE

with -l, enable or disable color output. Supports the following values: always, never, auto.

EXAMPLES¶

Long listing of all files:

gfal-ls -laH srm://endpoint.cern.ch/path/file

List a directory instead of its contents:

gfal-ls -d file:///tmp

FILES¶

/etc/gfal2.d/*

AUTHORS¶

Duarte Meneses <duarte.meneses@cern.ch>
Adrien Devresse <adrien.devresse@cern.ch>
Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon <alejandro.alvarez.ayllon@cern.ch>
Andrea Manzi <andrea.manzi@cern.ch>
Mihai Patrascoiu <mihai.patrascoiu@cern.ch>
Joao Lopes <joao.pedro.batista.lopes@cern.ch>

SEE ALSO¶

gfal-cat(1), gfal-chmod(1), gfal-copy(1), gfal-ls(1), gfal-mkdir(1), gfal-rename(1), gfal-rm(1), gfal-save(1), gfal-stat(1), gfal-sum(1), gfal-token(1), gfal-xattr(1), gfal-evict(1), gfal-bringonline(1), gfal-archivepoll(1)