xrd1

Usage

Overview

Xrd is a ftp-like(1) tool to interact with an xrootd server.

Commands are

cd directory

Change directory.

envputint variable integer

Set an environment variable variable to an integer value integer.

envputstr variable string

Set an environment variable variable to a string value string.

help

Show interactive help.

exit

Exit the client

connect [host:[port]]

Connect to the specified host.

dirlist [directory]

Lists the contents of the specified directory or current directory if no argument is given.

stat file-or-directory

Get information on a file or directory.

existsfile file

Checks if a file exists on the server.

existsdir directory

Checks if a directory exists on the server.

getchecksum file

Computes and returns the check sum of a file.

isfileonline file

Tells if the specified file is online.

mv file1 file2

Moves file1 to file2 on the same server.

mkdir directory [user] [group] [other]

Creates a directory with optional permissions.

chmod file-or-directory user group other

Modifies file permissions.

rm file

Removes a file.

rmdir directory

Removes a directory.

prepare file

Stages a file in.

cat file [xrdcp parameters]

Outputs a file on standard output using xrdcp(1). file can be a root://

cp file-or-directory file-or-directory [xrdcp parameters]

Copies a file using xrdcp(1). file-or-directory are always relative to the current remote path. Also, they can be root:// URLs specifying any other host

Options

-dLEVEL

Set the debug level

-DIparam value

Set parameter param to an integer value. Override the default value of an internal XrdClient setting.

-DSparam value

Set parameter param to a string value. Override the default value of an internal XrdClient setting.

-O

Adds some opaque information to any used xrootd url.

-h

Show help.

Original authors

Fabrizio Furano