A Distributed Data Archival, Analysis and Visualization Cyberinfrastructure for Data-intensive Collaborative Research.
Announcements:
PetaShare Storage is Online!
April 21, 2008
PetaShare storage is now online and accepting allocation proposals. [Read More]
Pcommands Installation Guide and User Manual
pcommands customized command set for accessing petashare resourcesGeneral Information
The pcommands are customized unix-like command set for interacting with PetaShare resources.Supported System
Currently supported platforms are Linux, Solaris, Macintosh, and AIX.Installation
Installation of pcommands package is straightforward. To install pcommands follow the steps:- Extract the content of pcommands-[version].tar.gz by running:
$ tar xvfz pcommands-[version].tar.gz - Go into the extracted 'pcommands-[version]' directory:
$ cd 'pcommands-[version]' - Run 'setup' script:
$ ./setup
pcommands package comes with a default 'testuser' account. This account has many restrictions and can be used by all petafs users. To activate account simply run pinit command. When a private account has been obtained, 'pchangeuser' command must be used to activate the account in that machine, and(or) to switch between existing account(s) and 'testuser' account.
Commands
- pinit Ask, check and store your password to use other pcommands.
- pexit Logout properly.
- pchangeuser Change(activate) current petashare user.
- pgetrescmap Get the most-updated petashare-resource-list.
- pls List the petashare-directory.
- ppwd Print current working petashare-directory.
- pcd Change the current working petashare-directory.
- pmkdir Create a directory on petashare resource in where you have a write permission.
- prm Remove a file from petashare resource.
- pput Store a file to petashare resource.
- pget Get a file from petashare resource.
- pchmod Modify the permissions of file or directory.
- pcp Copy a file in petashare resource.
- pmv Move files on petashare resource.
- prepl Replicate files or directories in petashare resources.
- pchksum Checksum files on petashare resources.
- pphymv Physically move files in a particular petashare resource to the another petashare resource.
- preg Register a file or directory into the petashare.
- prmtrash Remove file from petashare-trash-bin.
- prsync Synchronize the data between a local copy and copy stored in petashare resource(or between two petashare resources).
- ptrim Trim down the number of replicas of a file in petashare resources.
- pexecmd Execute a command on petashare server.
- pmeta Add, remove, list user-defined Attribute-Value-Unit triplets metadata.
- penv Show current petashare environment.
- plsresc List petashare resources.
- puserinfo List petashare users.
- pmiscsvrinfo Show basic server information.
- padmin Administation commands.
- prule Submit a user-defined rule to be executed by a server.
- pqstat Show pending rule executions.
- pqdel Remove delayed rules from the queue.
- pqmod Modify delayed rules in the queue.
- pmcollManage (mount, unmount, synchronize and purge of cache) mounted collections and the associated cache.
- perrorConverts errors code to the text.
Online Sites
Following sites are online right now:- lsu(Louisiana State University)
- uno(University of New Orleans)
- ull(University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
- lsus(Louisiana State University-Shreveport)
- lsuhsc(Louisiana State University-Health Sciences Center)
- tulane(Tulane University)
- latech(Louisiana Tech University)
Contact
http://www.petashare.orgAcknowledgement
pcommands are based on iRODS i-commands. Please refer to the iRODS and i-commands webpages for further information.
iRODS: http://www.irods.org
i-commands: https://www.irods.org/index.php/icommands
