gfal-mkdir(1)

gfal-mkdir1

Make directories

Usage

gfal-mkdir [OPTION] ... DIRECTORY ...

Overview

gfal-mkdir Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist. By default, it creates them with mode 0755.

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.

-m, --mode MODE

set file mode (default is 0755). Depending on the storage implementation, it might not be used.

-p, --parents

make parent directories as needed. Reports no error if directory exists.

Examples

gfal-mkdir

-p -m 0700 file:///tmp/path1/path2

gfal-mkdir

srm://endpoint.cern.ch/path/directory1 srm://endpoint.cern.ch/path/directory2

Files

/etc/gfal2.d/*

All configuration files in this directory affect the behavior of the underlying gfal2.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

  1. 12–13