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Usage

The following usage summary is lifted from the User's Guide:

Usage: uberftp [options] [host options] [host]
       uberftp [options] [host options]  host cmds
       uberftp [options] srcurl dsturl
       uberftp [options] -f urlfile
       uberftp [options] -cmd url

Note: Only the first usage creates an interactive session.

        host      Connect to host.
        cmds      This specifies the FTP commands to run once the
                  control connection is establish. This list must
                  be enclosed in quotes. Multiple commands are
                  semicolon delimited.  uberftp will execute these
                  commands and then exit.
        srcurl and dsturl
                  These denote the source URL and destination URL
                  respectively. The accepted forms are:
                      gsiftp://host[:port]/path
                      ftp://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/path
                      file:path
        urlfile
                  This file is a list of srcurl/dsturl pairs, one
                  pair per line. Blanks lines and lines beginning with
                  '#' are ignored.
        -cmd 
                  This will execute the given command using the url
                  as the target. The supported commands and their 
                  syntax are listed below.

The "host options" are:
        -P port   Connect to port (default 2811 for GSI)
        -u user   Specify the user to authenticate as.
        -p pass | X
                  Use password 'pass' when authenticating with 'host'.
                  If 'pass' equals 'X', read the password from STDIN
                  with character echoing turned off.

The "options" are:
        -active       Use ACTIVE mode for data transfers.
        -ascii        Use ASCII mode for data transfers.
        -binary       Use BINARY mode for data transfers.
        -blksize n    Set the internal buffer size to n.
        -cksum [on|off]
                      Enable/Disable CRC checks after file transfers.
        -debug   n    Set the debug level to n.
        -family  name Set the remote storage family to name.
        -glob [on|off]
                      Enable/Disable filename globbing.
        -hash         Enable hashing.
        -keepalive n  Send control channel keepalive messages every n
                      seconds during data transfers.
        -mode  [E|S]  Switch the transfer mode to extend block (E) or
                      streams mode(S).
        -parallel n   Use n parallel data channels during extended block
                      transfers.
        -passive      Use PASSIVE mode for data transfers.
        -pbsz  n      Set the data protection buffer size to n bytes.
        -prot [C|S|E|P|]
                      Set the data protection level to clear (C),
                      safe (S), confidential (E) or private (P).
        -retry n      Retry commands that fail with transient errors n times.
        -resume path  Retry the recursive transfer starting at path.
        -tcpbuf n     Set the TCP read/write buffers to n bytes.
        -wait         This will cause the client to wait for remote files to
                      stage before attempting to transfer them.
        -v            Print UberFTP version information and exit. Deprecated.
        -version      Print UberFTP version information and exit.
        -versions     Print version information about all used globus modules
                      and exit.

The supported "-cmds" are:
        -cat 
                      Print to stdout the contents of the remote file.
        -chgrp [-r] group 
                      Set the group ownership on the remote object(s).
        -chmod [-r] perms 
                      Set the permissions on the remote object(s).
        -dir [-r] 
                      List the contents of the remote object.
        -ls [-r] 
                      List the contents of the remote object.
        -mkdir 
                      Create the remote directory.
        -rename  
                      Rename the remote object to the given .
        -rm [-r] 
                      Remove the remote object(s).
        -rmdir 
                      Remove the remote directory.
        -size 
                      Return the size of the remote object.
        -stage -r seconds 
                      Attempt to stage the remote object(s) over the time
                      period given in seconds.

Note: uberftp uses passive STREAMS mode by default.
    

Resources

• UberFTP Project Page