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alien.py Command reference guide

SEqos

Command format: SEqos <SE name>
Return the QOS tags for the specified SE (ALICE:: can be ommited and capitalization does not matter)

!!! warning "client-side implementation or improvement of the central servers version"


access

usage: access   [options] <read|write> <lfn> [<specs>]
    -s     :  for write requests, size of the file to be uploaded, when known
    -m     :  for write requests, MD5 checksum of the file to be uploaded, when known
    -j     :  for write requests, the job ID that created these files, when applicable
    -f     :  for read requests, filter the SEs based on the given specs list
    -u     :  for read requests, print http(s) URLs where available, and the envelopes in urlencoded format

archiveList

usage: archiveList   <filename1> [<or uuid>] ...

cat

cat <LFN>
Download specified LFN as temporary and pass it to system cat command.

!!! warning "client-side implementation or improvement of the central servers version"


ccdb

ccdb [-host FQDN] [-history] [-nicetime] QUERY
where query has the form of:
task name / detector name / start time [ / UUID]
or
task name / detector name / [ / time [ / key = value]* ]

-run RUN_NR      : filter for a specific run (converts to /runNumber=RUN_NR})
-host            : specify other ccdb server than alice-ccdb.cern.ch
-history         : use browse to list the whole history of the object
-limit N         : limit the history to latest N elements; default = 10
-unixtime        : print the unixtime instead of human time
-header "STRING" : add header declarations/filters to the requests sent to CCDB server
-get             : download the specified object/objects - full path will be kept
-dst DST_DIR     : set a specific destination for download
-mirror          : create CCDB snapshot as per specifications of CCDB server

!!! warning "client-side implementation"

!!! note "No connection to central servers needed"