ARCGET(1)

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version 7.2.0 · 14 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 ARCGET(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for arcget — the User Commands girlie of the ARC universe, and we're about to make her make sense. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, let's go.

✨ NAME ✨

arcget — ARC Get. that's it, that's the name, she's simple and she's iconic. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

🌸 Usage:

arcget [OPTION...] [job ...]

the arcget command is used for retrieving the results from a job. literally her whole personality. 🫶

🎀 Brokering and filtering:

  • -C, --computing-element=ce — only select jobs that were submitted to this computing element. one CE, no chaos.
  • -s, --status=statusstr — only select jobs whose status is statusstr. picky in the best way.
  • -a, --all — all jobs. all of them. she said every single one. 😭
  • -r, --rejectmanagement=URL — skip jobs that are on a computing element with a given URL. not that URL, bestie, we don't do that here. 🙈

⭐ Behaviour tuning:

  • -k, --keep — keep the files on the server (do not clean). hoarder mode, activated. 💖
  • -D, --dir=dirname — download directory (the job directory will be created in this directory). tell her where to put the goods.
  • -J, --usejobname — use the jobname instead of the short ID as the job directory name. names > numbers, obviously.
  • -f, --force — force download (overwrite existing job directory). no fear, only overrides. 🔥
  • -i, --jobids-from-file=filename — a file containing a list of jobIDs. she reads the whole roster.
  • -j, --joblist=filename — the file storing information about active jobs (default /builddir/.arc/jobs.dat). yes, that exact path, don't come for me.
  • --no-authentication — do not perform any authentication for opened connections.
  • --x509-authentication — perform X.509 authentication for opened connections.
  • --token-authentication — perform token authentication for opened connections.
  • --systemca — force using CA certificates configuration provided by OpenSSL.
  • --gridca — force using CA certificates configuration for Grid services (typically IGTF).
  • --anyca — force using CA certificates configuration for Grid services (typically IGTF) and one provided by OpenSSL.

🌈 Other actions:

  • -P, --listplugins — list the available plugins. the roster reveal, the lineup, the main characters. 👑

👑 Application Options:

  • -h, --help — Show help options.
  • -z, --conffile=filename — configuration file (default ~/.arc/client.conf).
  • -t, --timeout=seconds — timeout in seconds (default 20).
  • -d, --debug=debuglevel — FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, VERBOSE or DEBUG. pick your level of yapping. 💀
  • -v, --version — print version information.

💜 EXTENDED DESCRIPTION 💜

the arcget command downloads the results after a job has completed on the computing element. ngl this is the important part: only the results of jobs that have finished can be downloaded. no unfinished business allowed, periodt. ✋

the job can be referred to either by the jobid that was returned by arcsub(1) at submission time, or by its jobname if the job description that was submitted contained a jobname attribute. two ways in, both valid, both slay.

more than one jobid and/or jobname can be given. if several jobs were submitted with the same jobname, the results of all those jobs are downloaded. if the --joblist option is used, the list of jobs is read from a file with the specified filename. and by specifying the --all option, the results of all active jobs are downloaded. go big or go home. 🌟

the --compute-element option can be used to select or reject jobs at specific clusters. see arcsub(1) for a discussion of the format of arguments to this option. the --status option can be used to select jobs in a specific state. these options can be repeated several times — stack them like accessories. see arstat(1) for possible state values. ✨

for each job that is downloaded, a subdirectory will be created in the download directory that will contain the downloaded files. one job, one folder, tidy queen behavior. 🎀

if the download was successful the job will be removed from the remote cluster — unless the --keep option was specified. so if you wanted to keep her, you gotta say so. 🥺

🧚 FILES 🧚

  • ~/.arc/client.conf — some options can be given default values by specifying them in the ARC client configuration file. by using the --conffile option, a different configuration file can be used than the default.
  • ~/.arc/jobs.dat — this a local database of the user's active jobs. when a job is successfully submitted it is added to database, and when it is removed from the remote CE it is removed from this list. this database is used as the list of all active jobs when the user specifies the --all option to the various NorduGrid ARC user interface commands. by using the --joblist option, a different file can be used than the default.

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

ARC software is developed by the NorduGrid Collaboration (http://www.nordugrid.org), please consult the AUTHORS file distributed with ARC. Please report bugs and feature requests to http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org — they do want to hear from you, bestie, tell them everything. 💌

APACHE LICENSE Version 2.0

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

arccat(1), arcclean(1), arccp(1), arcinfo(1), arckill(1), arcls(1), arcmkdir(1), arcproxy(1), arcrenew(1), arcresume(1), arcrm(1), arcstat(1), arcsub(1), arcsync(1), arctest(1)

the whole friend group, fr fr. 💖

and that's the page!! this was arcget version 7.2.0, dated September 2026, brought to you by the ARC girlies. no cap, she ate. 💅✨🎀🦋🌸
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