1gfalFS(1)             Filesystem client based on GFAL 2.0            gfalFS(1)
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NAME

6       gfalFS  - Filesystem client for the GFAL 2.0 toolkit
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SYNOPSIS

10        Mount
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12                gfalFS [options] mntdir remote_url
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14        Umount
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16                gfalFS_umount mntdir
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DESCRIPTION

19       gfalFS is a filesystem allowing to mount any resources supported by the
20       GFAL 2.0 toolkit.
21       This include any resources accessible by the following protocol :  Web‐
22       Dav/HTTP, xrootd, SRM, GridFTP, dCAP, LFC, RFIO...
23       Please  refer  to  the  GFAL 2.0 documentation for the complete list of
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25       The user can seamlessly interacts with grid and cloud  storage  systems
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28       The protocol support depends directly of the GFAL 2.0 plugin configura‐
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OPTIONS

33       -d
34            debug mode - does not act anymore like a daemon and print  usefull
35            information about the current operations.
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38            guid  mode  -  access directly to the file by the guid name on the
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42            single thread mode - Use only one thread  to  execute  the  opera‐
43            tions,  this cause a major slowdown of the execution but guarantee
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48            execution, can be use with -d in case of problems .
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EXAMPLES

55        Mount an WebDav over https directory and execute a directory listing
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57               mkdir ~/my_mnt/
58               gfalFS ~/my_mnt davs://lxfsra04a04.cern.ch/dpm/cern.ch/
59               /bin/ls ~/my_mnt
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61        Mount a local folder in debug mode and execute a directory listing
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63               mkdir ~/my_mnt/
64               gfalFS ~/my_mnt -v -d file:///etc/
65               /bin/ls ~/my_mnt
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67        Mount an SRM directory with transparent file operations
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69               gfalFS ~/my_mnt srm://cvitbdpm1.cern.ch/dpm/cern.ch/home/dteam/
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71               echo "Hello world" > ~/my_mnt/hello
72               cat ~/my_mnt/hello
73               cp ~/my_mnt/hello /tmp/test_hello
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75        Mount an GRIDFTP directory and create a directory
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77               gfalFS                 ~/my_mnt                 gsiftp://cvitb‐
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79               mkdir ~/my_mnt/testdir
80               stat ~/my_mnt/testdir
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82        Mount an LFC directory and list the replicas of a file
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84               gfalFS            ~/my_mnt           lfc://prod-lfc-shared-cen‐
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86               getfattr -n user.replicas ~/my_mnt/test_file
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SEE ALSO

93       syslog(3), gfal2(3),
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97       https://svnweb.cern.ch/trac/lcgutil/wiki/gfalFS
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AUTHORS

102       Adrien Devresse <adrien.devresse@cern.ch>, Jean-Philippe Baud.
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106gfalFS                    Date: 2012/04/15 15:00:00                  gfalFS(1)
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