xrdfs(1)

NAME
xrdfs - xrootd file and directory meta-data utility

SYNOPSIS

xrdfs [--no-cwd] host[:port] [command [args]]

command: help, chmod, ls, locate, mkdir, mv, stat, statvfs, query, rm, rmdir,
           truncate, prepare, cat, tail, spaceinfo

DESCRIPTION
The xrdfs utility executes meta-data oriented operations (e.g., ls, mv, rm, etc.) on one or more xrootd servers. Command help is available by invoking xrdfs with no command line options or parameters and then typing "help" in response to the input prompt.

OPTIONS
--no-cwd
    No CWD is being preset in interactive mode.

COMMANDS
chmod path <user><group><other>
    Modify permissions of the path. Permission string example: rwxr-x--x

ls [-l] [-u] [-R] [-D] [-Z] [-C] [dirname]
    Get directory listing.
    -l stat every entry and print long listing
    -u print paths as URLs
    -R list subdirectories recursively
    -D show duplicate entries
    -Z check if file is a ZIP archive and if yes list its content
    -C checksum every entry

locate [-n] [-r] [-d] [-m] [-i] [-p] <path>
    Get the locations of the path.
    -r refresh, don't use cached locations
    -n make the server return the response immediately even though it may be incomplete
    -d do a recursive, deep locate in order to find data servers
    -m prefer host names to IP addresses
    -i ignore network dependencies (IPv6/IPv4)
    -p be passive: ignore tried/triedrc cgi opaque info

mkdir [-p] [-m<user><group><other>] <dirname>
    Creates a directory/tree of directories.
    -p create the entire directory tree recursively
    -m<user><group><other> permissions for newly created directories

mv <path1> <path2>
    Move path1 to path2 locally on the same server.

stat <path> [<paths>]
    Get info about the file(s) or directory(ies).
    -q <flags> Makes xrdfs return error code 55 to the shell if the requested flag combination is not present; flags may be combined together using '|' or '&'
    Available flags: XBitSet, IsDir, Other, Offline, POSCPending, IsReadable, IsWriteable, BackUpExists

statvfs <path>
    Get info about a virtual file system.

query <code> <params>
    Obtain server information. Query codes:
    config <what> Server configuration; <what> is one of the following:
        bind_max - the maximum number of parallel streams
        chksum - the supported checksum
        pio_max - maximum number of parallel I/O requests
        readv_ior_max - maximum size of a readv element
        readv_iov_max - maximum number of readv entries
        tpc - support for third party copies
        wan_port - the port to use for wan copies
        wan_window - the wan_port window size
        window - the tcp window size
        cms - the status of the cmsd
        role - the role in a cluster
        sitename - the site name
        version - the version of the server
    checksumcancel <path> File checksum cancellation
    checksum <path> File checksum
    opaque <arg> Implementation dependent
    opaquefile <arg> Implementation dependent
    space <space> Logical space stats
    stats <what> Server stats; <what> is a list of letters indicating information to be returned:
        a - all statistics
        p - protocol statistics
        b - buffer usage statistics
        s - scheduling statistics
        d - device polling statistics
        u - usage statistics
        i - server identification
        z - synchronized statistics
        l - connection statistics
    xattr <path> Extended attributes
    prepare <reqid> [filenames] Prepare request status

rm <filename> [<filenames>]
    Remove a file.

rmdir <dirname>
    Remove a directory.

truncate <filename> <length>
    Truncate a file.

prepare [-c] [-f] [-s] [-w] [-e] [-p priority] [-a requestid] filenames
    Prepare one or more files for access.
    -c co-locate staged files if possible
    -f refresh file access time even if the location is known
    -s stage the files to disk if they are not online
    -w when files will be accessed for modification
    -p priority of the request, 0 (lowest) - 3 (highest)
    -a abort the request
    -e evict the file from disk cache

cat [-o localfile] files
    Print contents of one or mote files to stdout
    -o print to the specified local file

tail [-c bytes] [-f] file
    Output last part of files to stdout.
    -c num_bytes out last num_bytes
    -f output appended data as file grows

spaceinfo path
    Get space statistics for given path.

xattr <path> <code> <params>
    Operation on extended attributes. Codes:
    set <attr> Set extended attribute;
                         <attr> is string of form name=value
    get <name> Get extended attribute.
    del <name> Delete extended attribute.
    list List extended attributes.

RETURN CODES
50 : generic error (e.g. config, internal, data, OS)

51 : socket related error

52 : postmaster related error

53 : XRootD related error

54 : redirection error

55 : query response was negative (this is not an error)

NOTES
For the list of available environment variables please refere to xrdcopy(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
Errors yield an error message and a non-zero exit status.

LICENSE
LGPL

SUPPORT LEVEL
The xrdfs command is supported by the XRootD Collaboration. Contact information can be found at

http://xrootd.org/contact.html