xrdfs(1) - Linux man page

Name

xrdfs - xrootd file and directory meta-data utility

Synopsis

xrdfs host[:port] [command [args]]

command: help, chmod, locate, mkdir, mv, stat, statvfs, query, rm ,rmdir,
         truncate

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.

Commands

chmod path <user><group><other>

Modify permissions of the path. Permission string example: rwxr-x--x
ls [-l] [-u] [dirname]
Get directory listing.
-l
stat every entry and pring long listing
-u
print paths as URLs
locate [-n] [-r] [-d] <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
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>
Get info about the file or directory.
statvfs <path>
Get info about a virtual file system.
query <code> <params>
Obtain server information. Query codes:
config
<what> Server configuration
checksumcancel
<path> File checksum cancelation
checksum
<path> File checksum
opaque
<arg> Implementation dependent
opaquefile
<arg> Implementation dependent
space
<space> Logical space stats
stats
<what> Server stats
xattr
<path> Extended attributes
rm <filename>
Remove a file.
rmdir <dirname>
Remove a directory.
truncate <filename> <length>
Truncate a file.

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