GFAL-BRINGONLINE(1)

NAME
gfal-bringonline - Perform a staging operation on the given SURL

SYNOPSIS
gfal-bringonline [ OPTION ]... FILE

DESCRIPTION
gfal-bringonline This command performs a staging operation on the given SURL. A bringonline token is returned if the staging request is successful. In addition, if the polling timeout is greater than 0 the command blocks for polling the status of the staging request and only returns when the file is online or the timeout expires.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    show help about the command.

-V, --version
    output version information and exit.

-v, --verbose
    verbose mode. Repeat up to 3 times for the most verbose mode.

-D, --definition DEFINITION
    define properties for gfal2. Definitions have the following syntax: "CONFIG_GROUP:KEY=VALUE"

-t, --timeout TIMEOUT
    global timeout for the execution of the command. Command is interrupted if time expires before it finishes. Note: A grace period of 30 seconds is given to the global timeout.

-E, --cert CERT
    user certificate. (This option takes effect only after X509_USER_PROXY environment variable and default /tmp/x509up_u`id -u` location cannot provide a certificate)

--key KEY
    user private key.

-4  forces Gfal2 to use IPv4 addresses only. (Option valid only for GridFTP protocol)

-6  forces Gfal2 to use IPv6 addresses only. (Option valid only for GridFTP protocol)

-C, --client-info CLIENT_INFO
    provide custom client-side information.

--log-file LOG_FILE
    write Gfal2 library logs to the given file location.

--pin-lifetime
    Desired pin lifetime

--desired-request-time
    Desired total request time

--staging-metadata
    Metadata for the bringonline operation --from-file FROM_FILE read list of surls from a file.

--polling-timeout
    The timeout for the polling operation. If a polling timeout greater than 0 is provided the command blocks for polling the status of the staging request and only returns when the file is on disk or the timeout expires.

EXAMPLES

gfal-bringonline http://endpoint.cern.ch/path/file --polling-timeout=3600

FILES
/etc/gfal2.d/*
    All configuration files in this directory affect the behavior of the underlying gfal2.

AUTHORS
Duarte Meneses <duarte.meneses@cern.ch>
Adrien Devresse <adrien.devresse@cern.ch>
Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon <alejandro.alvarez.ayllon@cern.ch>
Mihai Patrascoiu <mihai.patrascoiu@cern.ch>
Joao Lopes <joao.pedro.batista.lopes@cern.ch>

SEE ALSO
gfal-cat(1), gfal-chmod(1), gfal-copy(1), gfal-ls(1), gfal-mkdir(1), gfal-rename(1), gfal-rm(1), gfal-save(1), gfal-stat(1), gfal-sum(1), gfal-token(1), gfal-xattr(1), gfal-evict(1), gfal-bringonline(1), gfal-archivepoll(1)