NAME

orbxfer - move arbitrary files using an orb

SYNOPSIS


orbxfer [-b pktsize] [-ovv] file ... orb
orbxfer [-b pktsize]  [-ovv] -w dir orb
orbxfer [-d dir] [-S state] [-m match] [-r reject] [-s where] [-ovv] orb

DESCRIPTION

orbxfer may be used to transfer arbitrary files to and from an orbserver(1). The first example above puts all the named files onto the named orb as a series of packets. The second example watches the directory dir and puts any file which appears in that directory onto the orb, and then removes it from the directory.

The packets created by orbxfer are given srcnames where the source is the original hostname, the type is file, and the remainder of the source name is the original filename. For example, crestone.brtt.com/file/rtexec.pf.

The final example reads orb packets and reconstructs the original files.

All received files are deposited in the same directory, by default the directory in which orbxfer is run.

OPTIONS

EXAMPLE


% orbxfer -vv -d /etc termcap :
orbxfer: packet #0 for termcap
orbxfer: packet #1 for termcap
orbxfer: packet #2 for termcap
orbxfer: packet #3 for termcap
orbxfer: packet #4 for termcap
orbxfer: transferred termcap to orb

% orbxfer -d /tmp/dq -vv :
orbxfer: received packet #0 for 'termcap'
orbxfer: received packet #1 for 'termcap'
orbxfer: received packet #2 for 'termcap'
orbxfer: received packet #3 for 'termcap'
orbxfer: received packet #4 for 'termcap'
orbxfer: received packet #5 for 'termcap'
orbxfer: received termcap (136545 bytes, 6 packets)

SEE ALSO

orb2orb(1)
orbserver(1)

BUGS AND CAVEATS

In receiver mode, if a received file already exists, it is quietly replaced.

No locking is employed, so it's quite possible for a file to be modified as orbxfer copies it to an orb. This will typically result in a failure of the file transfer, because the checksum is calculated once before the transfer is initiated. In this case, the file should be transferred again (by hand).

AUTHOR

Daniel Quinlan

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Antelope Release 4.7 Darwin 7.9.0 2005-07-19
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