glite-transfer-discovery

glite-transfer-discovery — Discover the endpoint of the FileTransferService managing the channel that serves two sites

Synopsis

glite-transfer-discovery [ -h ] [ -q ] [ -V ] [ --verbose ] [ -N VO_NAME ] [ -T NAME_TYPE ] [ -S SITE_NAME ] [ -x ] [ --all ] SOURCE DESTINATION

DESCRIPTION

glite-transfer-discovery is a command-line tool that uses gLite ServiceDiscovery APIs for discovering the endpoint of the FileTransferService managing the channel that serves two sites

OPTIONS

-h

Print a short help message on parameters and usage, and exit.

-q

Quiet operation.

--verbose

Increases the verbosity level.

-V

Print the version number and exit.

-N VO_NAME

Specify the name of the the user belongs to. In case this parameter is not set, it would be extracted either from the GLITE_SD_VO or from the user proxy certificate, in case VOMS is used

-T NAME_TYPE

Specify how the source and destination names should be handled. Accepted values are: site, hostname or surl. In case this option is not specified, the tool will try to detect the type by contacting the information system.

-S SITE_NAME

Specify the name of the site of the FTS you want to use. This option can be useful in case different sites published the same channels (especially the catch-all *-* channel), in order to avoid submitting requests to randoms FTSes.

-x

Display all the information concerning the FTS service.

--all

List all the FTS services that are able to manage transfers between the requested sites. This option implies -x.

SOURCE

Specify the name of the source site. It's possible to provide also a StorageElement host name or a SURL.

DESTINATION

Specify the name of the destination site. It's possible to provide also a StorageElement host name or a SURL.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

GLITE_SD_FTS_TYPE

Specifies the type of the FileTransfer service to use during service discovery. The default value is org.glite.FileTransfer.

GLITE_SD_CA_TYPE

Specifies the type of the ChannelAgent service to use during service discovery. The default value is org.glite.ChannelAgent.

SEE ALSO

glite-transfer-submit(1), glite-transfer-status(1), glite-transfer-cancel(1)