parrot_cp(1)
NAME
parrot_cp - a replacement for cp that provides higher performance when dealing with remote files via parrot_run.
SYNOPSIS
parrot_cp [options] ... sources ... <dest>
DESCRIPTION
parrot_cp is a drop-in replacement for the Unix cp command. It provides better performance when copying files to or from remote storage systems by taking advantage of whole-file transfer rather than copying files block-by-block.
OPTIONS
- -f,--force
Forcibly remove target before copying. - -i,--interactive
Interactive mode: ask before overwriting. - -r
Same as -R - -R,--recursive
Recursively copy directories. - -s,--symlinks
Make symbolic links instead of copying files. - -l,--hardlinks
)Make hard links instead of copying files. - -u,--update-only
Update mode: Copy only if source is newer than target. - -v,--version
Verbose mode: Show names of files copied. - -h,--help
Help: Show these options.
EXIT STATUS
On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.
EXAMPLES
To use parrot_cp you can either call the code directly:
% parrot_run tcsh
% parrot_cp /tmp/mydata /chirp/server.nd.edu/joe/data
% exit
or alias calls to cp with calls to parrot_cp:
% parrot_run bash
% alias cp parrot_cp
% cp -r /chirp/server.nd.edu/joe /tmp/joe
% exit
COPYRIGHT
The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2005-2021 The University of Notre Dame. This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License. See the file COPYING for details.
SEE ALSO
- Cooperative Computing Tools Documentation
- Parrot User Manual
- parrot_run(1) parrot_cp(1) parrot_getacl(1) parrot_setacl(1) parrot_mkalloc(1) parrot_lsalloc(1) parrot_locate(1) parrot_timeout(1) parrot_whoami(1) parrot_mount(1) parrot_md5(1) parrot_package_create(1) parrot_package_run(1) chroot_package_run(1)
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