Hi Adrian, From what I see in the logs you use the following file name: root://eosalice.cern.ch:1094//15/62933/56da6906-9149-11e7-ba1b-579516ed5c66#AliAOD.root The '#' is root syntax for unpacking root files, this is not supported in the xrootd client, instead you have to use the xrdcl.unzip cgi tag, e.g. root://eosalice.cern.ch:1094//15/62933/56da6906-9149-11e7-ba1b-579516ed5c66?xrdcl.unzip=AliAOD.root alternatively I can expose extracting of zip files (root files use zip format for bundling) in the CopyProcess.add_job(...) method. Hope this helps! Cheers, Michal ________________________________________ From: Adrian Sevcenco Sent: 01 September 2019 22:13 To: [log in to unmask] Cc: Michal Kamil Simon Subject: python :: cp process fails when it shouldn't (another utility can download file) Hi! I have a really baffling situation where my python tool cannot download a file and another tool (java based, use xrdcp) can download the same file ... the detailed logs for my cp are here : https://cernbox.cern.ch/index.php/s/JNaLKsaC5pyrhMP the java based tool it seems that somehow ignores the external XRD_ variables so i cannot get a log of cp process Could some expert take a look please and point me to a hint why my cp fails and the other tool can download just fine? Thank you!! Adrian ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-L&A=1