gfpcopy [-nqvdpPU] [-X regexp] [-S source-domainname] [-h source-hostfile] [-D destination-domainname] [-H destination-hostfile] [-j num-of-processes] [-J num-of-processes] [-M limit-byte] [-z minimum-byte] [-Z maximum-byte] [-w way-of-scheduling] [-W kilobytes-for-threshold] [-s KB/s-to-simulate] [-F num-for-readahead] [-b bufsize] [-f] [-e] [-k] source-path destination-path
gfpcopy copies files in parallel.
When the source-path is
a directory, files under the directory will be copied recursively.
When the destination-path does
not exist, the directory is created.
When the destination-path
exists, a directory of the same name as
the source-path is created
under the destination-path.
A set of source/destination hosts can be specified by a domain name and/or a hostlist file. When both a domain name and a hostlist file are specified, a set of hosts is determined by both conditions. When a set of source hosts is specified, only files stored on the source hosts are copied.
gfpcopy also retrieves the directory entries in parallel.
source-path must be one of the following formats.
Files on HPSS cannot be copied.
path-nameis a relative path or an absolute path of a local file system. When the path is a mount point on gfarm2fs, files are copied without passing through the gfarm2fs.
gfarm:...is a Gfarm URL.
file:...is an URL of a local file system.
destination-path
must be one of the following formats.
path-nameis a relative path or an absolute path of a local file system. When the path is a mount point on gfarm2fs, files are copied without passing through the gfarm2fs.
gfarm:...is a Gfarm URL of a directory.
file:...is an URL of a directory on a local file system.
hpss:...
is an URL of a directory on HPSS.
If the same directory as
the source-path exists under
this directory, the source-path
cannot be copied.
The differential copy is not supported for HPSS.
Relative path such as "hpss:". and "hpss:dir" can be specified.
These are options only for gfpcopy.
-b bufsizeSpecifies the buffer size in bytes to copy.
The default value is 64 KiB (64 * 1024).
-fWith the -f option, existing files will be overwritten when the size is different or the modification time (mtime) is different from the source file.
Without the -f option, existing files will be overwritten when they are older than the corresponding source files in the modification time.
-eSkips existing files in order to execute gfpcopy simultaneously.
-kDoes not copy symbolic links.
The following options are common options for gfprep and gfpcopy.
-X regexp
Skips files matched by the pattern
of regexp. When multiple
patterns need to be specified, specify -X options multiple times.
-S source-domainnameCreates file replicas or copies files only stored on the hosts in the specified domain name.
-h source-hostfile
Creates file replicas or copies files only stored on the hosts listed
in the specified hostfile.
The source-hostfile consists of
a file system node name on each line.
If ``-'' is specified, standard input is used to read the host list.
-LCreates file replicas or copies files from the hosts specified by the -S or -h option.
-D destination-domainnameSpecifies the domain name for destination.
If neither this nor the -H option is specified,
replicas may be copied to any available host.
-H destination-hostfile
Specifies a file which describes hostnames for destination.
The destination-hostfile
consists of a file system node name on each line.
If ``-'' is specified, standard input is used to read the host list.
-j num-of-processesSpecifies the maximum number of processes to create file replicas (or copy files) simultaneously.
The default value is the parameter of client_parallel_copy in gfarm2.conf. (see man gfarm2.conf)
The maximum number of process per file system node for source or destination is the number of CPUs (see man gfhost).
-J num-of-processesSpecifies the number of processes to retrieve directory entries in parallel.
The default value is 8.
-M total-byteSpecifies the total file size in bytes to replicate or copy. This option is useful to increase the available capacity by moving the specified bytes of files.
The default value is unlimited.
-z minimum-byteSpecifies the minimum file size in bytes to replicate or copy. This option is useful not to replicate or copy small files.
The default value is unlimited.
-Z maximum-byteSpecifies the maximum file size in bytes to replicate or copy. This option is useful not to replicate or copy large files.
The default value is unlimited.
-w way-of-schedulingSpecifies a scheduling method. ``noplan'' replicates/copies while finding files. ``greedy'' schedules greedily the order of replication/copy beforehand.
The default behavior is ``noplan''.
``greedy'' scheduling cannot use with the -N option and -m option.
-W kibibytesSpecifies a threshold size/cost(KiB) to flat costs of Connections. A Connection means a scheduling information to assign files per a child-process
This option is effective with -w greedy.
The default value is 50*1024 KiB (50 MiB).
-I sec-to-updateSpecifies the interval in seconds to collect load average and available capacity.
Default is 300 seconds.
-BGfarm 2.6.16 or later does not select high loaded file system nodes. This option disables this feature.
High loaded node is defined by having more CPU load than schedule_busy_load_thresh * number of CPUs. For details of schedule_busy_load_thresh, refer to a manual page of gfarm2.conf.
-UDisables checking the available disk space of the selected node every time.
-F num-of-direntsSpecifies the number of readahead entries to retrieve the directory entries.
The default value is 10000.
-s kilobytes-per-secondSpecifies a throughput(KB/s) to simulate the replication/copy, and does nothing (gets file information only).
-nDoes nothing.
-pReports the total performance information.
-PReports the performance information for each file and all files.
-qSuppresses non-error messages.
-vDisplays verbose output.
-dDisplays debug output.
-?Displays a list of command options.
To copy files under the directory recursively.
$ gfpcopy gfarm:///dir file:///tmp/dir
$ gfpcopy file:///tmp/dir gfarm:///dir
$ gfpcopy gfarm:///dir1 gfarm:///dir2
$ gfpcopy gfarm:///dir hpss:///tmp/dir
$ cd /mnt/gfarm2fs
$ gfpcopy dir /tmp/dir
To copy a file.
$ gfpcopy gfarm:///dir/file file:///dir
$ cd /mnt/gfarm2fs
$ gfpcopy file /tmp/dir