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Hi, for the history of 'xrd'... we also spoke about the functionality of specifying a text file containing commands to be executed in sequence, without loosing the Connection Manager advantages (persistent connections). The syntax would be something like xrd -f <filename> Fabrizio Peter Elmer wrote: > Hi All (in particular Fabrizio!), > > At SLAC in December we had a discussion regarding the "admin" portion > and we wrote down on the whiteboard how the admin sub-commands would be > divided up between two main commands 'xrd' and 'xrdadmin'. I was supposed > to post the lists, so here they are: > > xrd commands xrdadmin commands > ------------ ----------------- > rm shutdown > mv restart > cp redirect > stat kill > chksum message > pause > resume > monitor > query > > There were some additional notes: > > o "rm /x/y/z/*" cannot be easily supported, but > > xrd rm root://host:port/x.dat > > can of course. > > o The semantics of > > xrd rm root://host:port/x.dat > > will be: > > - delete all available disk copies if host=redirector > - delete only the local copy if host=dataserver > > Similar semantics apply also for the 'mv' command. > > o "stat" and "chksum" will redirect when sent to redirector and give > results from a data server. > > o The semantics of the 'chmod' command was deemed confusing and it was > decided to remove it. > > o The details of the syntax of the 'xrdadmin' were not specified, but we > need to work through this. > > o We mentioned 'xrd ls', but (I think) didn't finish the discussion of > whether this is supported. > > Let me know if I missed something or got it wrong. > > Pete > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Elmer E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 (22) 767-4644 > Address: CERN Division PPE, Bat. 32 2C-14, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland > -------------------------------------------------------------------------